Table of contents for Opera and the morbidity of music / by Joseph Kerman.

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acknowledgments		ix
preface 		xiii
	1	Classical Music: Rise and Fall, and Rise		1
	2	Opera and the Morbidity of Music		7
	3	Two Cheers for Rach 3		21
	4	Labyrinth Music		27
	5	William Byrd and the Catholics		41
	6	The Operas of Monteverdi		57
	7	Bach: A Short Life		69
	8	A Guide to The Well-tempered Clavier		79		
9	Wilfrid Mellers on Bach		87
	10	Mozart: Four Biographies		99
	11	Mozart's Last Year		115
	12	Playing Mozart: The Piano Concertos		123
	13	The Magic Flute		137
	14	Sonata Forms		151
	15	Beethoven: Works and Life		161
	16	Beethoven Hero		173

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Music -- Book reviews.
Musical criticism.
Concerts -- Reviews.