TABLE OF CONTENTS -- A GLEAM IN THE EYE -- "SOMETHING MORE" -- THE MUSICAL IMAGE -- HOW THE MUSICAL IMAGE IS PORTRAYED -- HOW FORM CONTRIBUTES TO THE IMAGE -- SOME HOWS AND WHYS OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION -- SOME HOWS AND WHYS OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE -- STYLE AND TASTE -- IMAGE AND STYLE IN BACH -- CLASSICISM IN HAYDN AND MOZART -- ROMANTICISM IN BEETHOVEN -- BEETHOVEN: THE SECOND PERIOD -- BEETHOVEN: THE THIRD PERIOD -- VERBAL AND MUSICAL IMAGES IN THE SONG -- THE MUSICAL IMAGE IN THE LEADING-MOTIVE -- TWO NEW QUESTIONERS -- A COMMON MUSICAL IDIOM -- WHAT MAKES GOOD MUSIC GREAT? -- EPILOGUE, OR PREFACE? -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.