Table of Contents

The Kastalsky family; The origins of reform; In search of a "Russian style"; The nation - a powerful force; "Moscow will come into its own!"; History stretching back into the past; Smolensky's reforms; "New antiquity"; Kastalsky's discovery; At the crossroads; The Moscow School of Ethnographers; Historical reconstructions; All-night vigil; A conservatoire for sacred music; At the height of his fame; Musical "plays"; "Requiem for fallen brothers"; The late sacred choral music; The end of the Synodal School's history; "Wretched old age has set in". Epilogue: Kastalsky and Asafyev; List of Kastalsky's published compositions and arrangements; List of Kastalsky's published writings and interviews.