Preface
Chapter 1. Arnold Schoenberg, Piano Pieces, Op. 11, No. 1 (1909)
Chapter 2. Anton Webern, Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5, No. 2 (1909)
Chapter 3. Alban Berg, Four Songs, Op. 2, No. 2, "Schlafend trägt man mich" (1910)
Chapter 4. Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Introduction to Part One (1913)
Chapter 5. Igor Stravinsky, Three Pieces for String Quartet, No. 2 (1914)
Chapter 6. Arnold Schoenberg, Five Piano Pieces, Op. 23, No. 3 (1923)
Chapter 7. Béla Bartók, String Quartet No. 3, Prima parte (1927)
Chapter 8. Aaron Copland, Piano Variations, Theme (1930)
Chapter 9. Ruth Crawford (Seeger), Diaphonic Suite No. 1, first movement (1930)
Chapter 10. Ruth Crawford (Seeger), String Quartet, first movement (1931)
Chapter 11. Anton Webern, Three Songs, Op. 25, No. 1, "Wie bin ich froh!" (1934)
Chapter 12. Milton Babbitt, "The Widow's Lament in Springtime" (1951)
Chapter 13. Luigi Dallapiccola, Goethe Lieder, No. 2, "Die Sonne kommt!" (1953)
Chapter 14. Igor Stravinsky, Three Shakespeare Songs, No. 2, "Music to hear" (1953)
Chapter 15. Louise Talma, Holy Sonnets, "La Corona" (1955)
Chapter 16. Hale Smith, Three Brevities for Solo Flute, No. 2 (1969)
Chapter 17. Elisabeth Lutyens, Two Bagatelles, Op. 48, No. 1 (1962)
Chapter 18. Igor Stravinsky, Fanfare for a New Theatre (1964)
Chapter 19. Igor Stravinsky, Requiem Canticles, "Exaudi" (1966)
Chapter 20. Ursula Mamlok, Panta Rhei for Piano, Violin, and Cello, third movement (1981)
Chapter 21. Elliott Carter, Riconoscenza per Gofreddo Petrassi (for solo violin) (1984)
Chapter 22. Tania León, Rituál (1987)
Chapter 23. Tan Dun, Intercourse of Fire and Water (for solo cello) (1996)
Chapter 24. Shulamit Ran, Soliloquy (for Violin, Cello, and Piano) (1997)
Chapter 25. Kaija Saariaho, Papillons (for solo cello), No. 3 (2000)
Chapter 26. Joan Tower, Vast Antique Cubes (2000)
Chapter 27. John Adams, On the Transmigration of Souls (2002)
Chapter 28. Sofia Gubaidulina, Reflections on the Theme BACH (2002)
Chapter 29. Thomas Adès, The Tempest, Act III, Scene 5 (2003)
Chapter 30. Thomas Adès, Four Quarters (for String Quartet), "Days" (2010)
Chapter 31. Caroline Shaw, Valencia (for String Quartet) (2012)
Chapter 32. Chen Yi, Energetic Duo (for two violins) (2015)
Chapter 33. Suzanne Farrin, "Unico spirto," from Dolce la morte (2016)
Post-Tonal Primer
Bibliography
Index