Contents -- Foreword by Simon Callow -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Lyre of Light -- 1 The Classical Style: Composers in the Studio -- 2 A Song Remembered: Frédéric Chopin Goes to War -- 3 The New Tin Pan Alley: Hollywood Looks at American Popular Songwriters -- 4 "Just an Innocent Bystander": The Composer Films of Ken Russell -- 5 "A Long, Dark Coda into the Night": The Composer Films of Tony Palmer -- 6 Revisionist Portraits: A Medley of Recent Composer Biopics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.