Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1 Dvorák and the cello -- 'As a solo instrument it isn't much good' -- Dvorák's first Cello Concerto -- 'Its place is in...chamber music' -- 2 Preludes to the Concerto -- Cello and orchestra together for the first time -- 'A sonata for cello' -- 'The Road to Damascus': Dvorák and Victor Herbert's Second Cello Concerto -- 3 The Concerto and Dvorák's 'American manner' -- 4 'Decisions and revisions': sketch and compositional process -- The continuous sketch -- First movement: Allegro -- Second movement: Adagio, ma non troppo -- Third movement, finale: Allegro moderato -- The revision -- 5 The score I: forms and melodies -- A symphonic concerto? -- The first movement: thematic variation and metamorphosis -- Second movement: Adagio, ma non troppo -- Finale: Allegro moderato -- 6 The score II: interpretations -- A concerto for orchestra? -- An operatic concerto? -- A spiritual homecoming? -- Josefina's concerto? -- 7 Performers and performances -- Wihan and virtuosity -- Leo Stern and the première -- The Concerto and Casals -- The Concerto in the last thirty years -- Notes -- 1 Dvorák and the cello -- 2 Preludes to the Concerto -- 3 The Concerto and Dvorak's 'American manner' -- 4 'Decisions and revisions': sketch and compositional process -- 5 The score I: forms and melodies -- 6 The score II: interpretations -- 7 Performers and performances -- Select bibliography -- Select discography -- Index.