1 Creator of Modern Music: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) p. 19 --
2 Music for Use, Devotion, and Personal Profit: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) p. 39 --
3 "Vast Effects with Simple Means": George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) p. 65 --
4 "Vienna Four": An Introduction p. 91 --
5 "I Had to be Original": Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) p. 97 --
6 "Right Here in My Noodle": Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1 791) p. 113 --
7 Gift of Inevitability: Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) p. 145 --
8 "When I Wished to Sing of Love it Turned to Sorrow": Franz Schubert (1797-1828) p. 175 --
9 An Unforgettable Day in 1836: Fryderyk Franciszek (Frédéric François) Chopin (1810-1849) Robert Schumann (1810-1856) p. 205 --
10 Italian Reformer and the German Futurist: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Richard Wagner (1813-1883) p. 247 --
11 Synthesizer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) p. 307 --
12 Refined Radical: Claude Debussy (1862-1918) p. 339 --
13 "The Public Will Judge": Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) p. 369 --
14 New Languages for a New Century: Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Béla Bartók (1881-1945) p. 397.
