Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Musical Examples vi
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 Background, Royal College of Music and Early Works 9
7. Chapter 2 First Maturity 44
8. Chapter 3 Transitional Period 78
9. Chapter 4 Bridge’s Post-Tonal Idiom: Piano Sonata and Third String Quartet 126
10. Interlude. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge 153
11. Chapter 5 Progressive Works, 1927–1932 159
12. Interlude: Benjamin Britten 193
13. Chapter 6 Last Years 199
14. List of Works 220
15. Bibliography 236
16. Index 245