The war on music: reclaiming the twentieth century

Introduction

A view from 30,000 feet

Brahms and Wagner : the twilight of two gods

Stravinsky and Schoenberg : overtures to the Great War

The lure of chaos

Hitler, Wagner, and the poison from within

Stalin and Mussolini make music

The miracle of a second exodus

A new war, an old avant-garde

A Cold War defines contemporary music

Creating history and erasing history

Of war and loss

A century ends

Appendix : A personal diary.