Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations and tables vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Zoltán Kodály’s Path 6
7. 2. Kodály the Brahmin 16
8. 3. A Paradigm Shift 30
9. 4. Finding the Voice of His “Deepest Inner Self ” 45
10. 5. Commentaries on Debussy 56
11. 6. Nausicaa, Sappho, and Other Women in Love 65
12. 7. “From These Times of War” 75
13. 8. Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man 86
14. 9. An Encounter with a Young Man 115
15. 10. Palestrina in Budapest 128
16. 11. Why Jeppesen? 139
17. 12. Hungarian Counterpoint 153
18. 13. The Art of Fugue 167
19. 14. A Symphonic Self-Portrait 182
20. Epilogue 195
21. Chronology of the Life of Zoltán Kodály 197
22. Notes 205
23. Bibliography 251
24. General Index 273
25. Index of Kodály’s Works 277