Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. A Note on Bibliographic Citations IX
4. Prologo XI
5. Excursus XXIII
6. Acknowledgments XXV
7. Principal Dates in Pirrotta's Life and Career XXIX
8. Atto 1. Studente
9. Scena 1. Famiglia (1908-24) 1
10. Scena 2. Student Days (1924-31) 23
11. Scena 3. Palermo (1931-36) 53
12. Intermedio I. ["non apparente"] Pirrotta's Intellectual and Musical Formation 73
13. Atto II. Bibliotecario
14. Scena 4. The Conservatory of Palermo (1936-48): Il Trecento 127
15. Scena 5. The Conservatorio di Musica «S.^ta Cecilia» di Roma (1948-56): Opera Seicentesca 155
16. Scena 6. Princeton, California, and Columbia (1954-55) 193
17. Intermedio II. ["apparente'*] Images 201
18. Atto III. Professore
19. Scena 7. Harvard University (1956-71): Rinascimento (or: "Rome Fumbles, and Harvard Recovers") 243
20. Scena 8. The Università degli Studi di Roma, «La Sapienza» (1972-78) 295
21. Scena 9. Il Principe (1978-98): Opera Settecentesca ed Ottocentesca 309
22. Epilogo. Pirrotta's Narrative of the History of Italian Music: Music and "Cultural Fashion" 337
23. Appendix: Documents of Pirrotta's Formal Education 355
24. Bibliography: The Publications of Nino Pirrotta 359
25. Index 385