Table of Contents

Introduction to the Series, Preface, Introduction, 1. Circular Fragment of a Theory, 2. The Dream of Reason, 3. The Reason of a Dream, 4. First Symphony, 5. Monkey Subdues the White Bone Demon, 6. The Tone Clock, 7. Chromatica I The Regime of the Triad, 8. Symposion, 9. The Opening Chord, 10. Theme on the Wall, 11. The Masterchild, 12. Musical Time and Musicality, 13. Requiem over the Holland Deep, 14. Chromatic Opera, 15. The Chromatic Gamelan, 16. The Perestroicum, 17. Breath, a Metaphor, 18. Towards a New Renaissance, 19. The Social Acoustic, 20. The One-Note State, 21. The Personal Note, 22. Self Portrait in B, 23 The Right Note, 24. From Sacred Dollar to Salt Cellar, 25. The Stopera Debacle, 26. Interview with Francis Strauven, 27. All Voters Float, 28. Beyond the Style Breach, 29. A Painful Idyll, 30. Heaven, 31. Epitaph for Walter Maas, Afterword, Appendix, Index

About the Author

Peter Schat