Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I – Reports from Paris, 1929–34 15
7. Part II – Letters to Nadia Boulanger, 1929–74 45
8. Part III – Selections from Berkeley’s Later Writings and Talks, 1943–82
9. Introduction 89
10. 1 Britten and his String Quartet [no. 1] 91
11. 2 Modern French Ballet Music 93
12. 3 British Music Today 97
13. 3 British Music Today 105
14. 5 Poulenc’s Piano Concerto 108
15. 6 Mr. Lennox Berkeley on the Composer’s Need to Hear his own Works 110
16. 7 Gabriel Fauré 112
17. 8 The Sound of Words 115
18. 9 Concert-going in 1963 117
19. 10 Britten’s Characters 119
20. 11 Francis Poulenc: Obituary 121
21. 12 Truth in Music 123
22. 13 Lennox Berkeley Describes his Setting of the Magnificat 127
23. 14 Lili Boulanger 130
24. 15 Last Week’s Broadcast Music [I] 132
25. 16 Last Week’s Broadcast Music [II] 134
26. 17 Charles Burney’s Tour 136
27. 18 Lennox Berkeley Writes about Alan Rawsthorne 138
28. 19 On Criticism 140
29. 20 Berkeley as Song-writer 143
30. 21 Maurice Ravel 145
31. 22 Stravinsky: A Centenary Tribute 150
32. 23 Bid the World Good-Night 152
33. Part IV – Interviews with Berkeley, 1973–8
34. 1 With Peter Dickinson, 1973 154
35. 2 With C. B. Cox, Alan Young and Michael Schmidt, 1974 163
36. 3 With Peter Dickinson, 1978 172
37. 4. With Michael Oliver, 1978 176
38. Part V – Extracts from Berkeley’s Diaries, 1966–82 179
39. Part VI – Interviews with Performers, Composers, Family and Friends, 1990–91
40. 1 Performers: Julian Bream, Norman Del Mar, Colin Horsley 225
41. 2 Composers: John Manduell, Nicholas Maw, Malcolm Williamson 243
42. 3 Family: Freda Berkeley, Michael Berkeley 258
43. 4 Friends: Basil Douglas, Desmond Shawe-Taylor 271
44. Part VII – Memorial Address by Sir John Manduell 281
45. Catalogue of Works 283
46. Bibliography 297
47. Index of Works by Berkeley 305
48. General Index 307