Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

List of Illustrations

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xvi

Acknowledgments

pp xvii-xviii

Abbreviations

pp xix-xx

Notes to the Reader

pp xxi-xxii

Introduction: Why Martinů the Thinker?

pp 1-6

Part One - A Chronicle of a Composer

pp 7-8

1 - Martinů's Parisian Criticism

pp 9-20

2 - General Polemics

pp 21-33

3 - Until 1943

pp 34-36

4 - Martinů's Creative Process

pp 37-43

5 - On the Ridgefield Diary

pp 44-56

6 - 1945

pp 57-63

7 - A Return to Prague?

pp 64-68

8 - Banished and Revived

pp 69-73

9 - Final Years

pp 74-80

Part Two - The Composer Speaks

pp 81-82

10 - Editorial Remarks

pp 83-90

11 - 1941 Autobiography (Spring 1941)

pp 91-97

12 - “On the Creative Process” (Summer 1943)

pp 98-102

13 - The Ridgefield Diary (Summer 1944)

pp 103-137

14 - Essays from Fall 1945

pp 138-151

15 - Notebook from New York (December 1945)

pp 152-165

16 - Notes from 1947, Excerpts

pp 166-170

Part Three - Documentation and Further Reading

pp 171-172

Appendix 1 - Martinů's Source Reading

pp 173-174

Appendix 2 - Miroslav Barvík's Report on Martinů from May 1955

pp 175-176