| Chronology | ||
| Myth and reality: a biographical introduction | ||
| The Growth of a Style | ||
| Piano music and the public concert, 1800-1850 Janet Ritterman | ||
| The nocturne: development of a new style David Rowland | ||
| The twenty-seven etudes and their antecedents Simon Finlow | ||
| Tonal architecture in the early music John Rink | ||
| Profiles of the Music | ||
| Extended forms: the ballades, scherzos and fantasies Jim Samson | ||
| Small 'forms': in defence of the prelude Jeffrey Kallberg | ||
| Beyond the dance Adrian Thomas | ||
| The sonatas Anatole Leikin | ||
| Reception | ||
| Chopin in performance James Methuen-Campbell | ||
| Chopin reception in nineteenth-century Poland Zofia Chechlinska | ||
| Victorian attitudes to Chopin Derek Carew | ||
| Chopin's influence on the fin de siecle and beyond Roy Howat | ||
| Appendix: a historical survey of Chopin on disc James Methuen-Campbell | ||
| Notes | ||
| List of Chopin's works | ||
| Bibliographical note | ||
| Index |