Part I, Philosophical investigations. When is a tune? ; Music and cognitive science ; Music and the moral life ; Music and the transcendental ; Tonality ; German idealism and the philosophy of music
Part II, Critical explorations. Franz Schubert and the Quartettsatz ; Rameau the musician ; Britten's dirge ; David Matthews ; Reflections on Deaths in Venice ; Pierre Boulez ; Film music ; The assault on opera ; Nietzsche on Wagner ; The music of the future ; The culture of pop.
