Table of contents : TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6 A GLEAM IN THE EYE......Page 10 "SOMETHING MORE"......Page 24 THE MUSICAL IMAGE......Page 38 HOW THE MUSICAL IMAGE IS PORTRAYED......Page 52 HOW FORM CONTRIBUTES TO THE IMAGE......Page 65 SOME HOWS AND WHYS OF MUSICAL COMPOSITION......Page 82 SOME HOWS AND WHYS OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE......Page 94 STYLE AND TASTE......Page 106 IMAGE AND STYLE IN BACH......Page 121 CLASSICISM IN HAYDN AND MOZART......Page 136 ROMANTICISM IN BEETHOVEN......Page 154 BEETHOVEN: THE SECOND PERIOD......Page 172 BEETHOVEN: THE THIRD PERIOD......Page 190 VERBAL AND MUSICAL IMAGES IN THE SONG......Page 204 THE MUSICAL IMAGE IN THE LEADING-MOTIVE......Page 227 TWO NEW QUESTIONERS......Page 247 A COMMON MUSICAL IDIOM......Page 261 WHAT MAKES GOOD MUSIC GREAT?......Page 284 EPILOGUE, OR PREFACE?......Page 297 INDEX......Page 310 B......Page 312 F......Page 313 M......Page 314 T......Page 315 W......Page 316