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Prehistory; Part I. Time Whole: 1. From Babylonians to Franks; Part II.Time Measured 1100-1400: 2. Troubadours and organists; 3. Ars nove andNarcissus's clock; Part III. Time Sensed 1400-1630: 4. Harmony, the light oftime; 5. The radiance of the High Renaissance; 6. Reformation and heartache;7. To speak in music; Part IV. Time Known 1630-1770: 8. Baroque mornings; 9.Fugue, concerto and operatic passion; 10. Rococo and reform; Part V. TimeEmbraced 1770-1815: 11. Sonata as comedy; 12. Revolution's momentum; Part VI.Time Escaping 1815-1907: 13. The deaf man and the singer; 14. Angels andother prodigies; 15. New Germans and old Vienna; 16. Romantic evenings; 17.Nightfall and sunrise; Part VII. Time Tangled 1908-1975: 18. To begin again;19. Forwards and backwards, and sideways; 20. The people's needs; 21. Tobegin again again; 22. Whirlwind; Part VIII. Time Lost 1975-: 23. Echoes inthe labyrinth; 24. Interlude; Glossary; Further reading and listening.