Cover Page -- Halftitle -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 1880-1900 Childhood and conservatoire -- 2 1900-1903 Start of a career -- 3 1903-1906 Personal turmoil -- 4 1906-1909 German sojourn -- 5 1909-1911 Conservatoire professor -- 6 1911-1914 Friends and critics -- 7 1914-1917 War -- 8 1917-1921 Revolution -- 9 1921-1925 A life abroad -- 10 1925-1927 Return to Russia -- 11 1927-1930 Britain and America -- 12 1930-1935 The Muse and the Fashion -- 13 1935-1939 Move to England -- 14 1939-1945 Second World War -- 15 1945-1951 Indian fairy tale -- Notes -- Index of Medtner's works -- Index of persons and of works referred to in the text