附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-271) and index.
List of musical examples on compact disc -- Glossary of Indonesian and Japanese terms -- 1. Making Tonic and Dominant Seem like Ghosts -- 2. Britten and Colin McPhee -- 3. Bali -- 4. The Prince of the Pagodas -- 5. Japan -- 6. From No to Church Parable: the Evolution of Curlew River, 1956-64. I. The No Theatre. II. Sumidagawa and the Curlew River libretto. III. Curlew River and the dramatic style of No. IV. Curlew River and European mediaeval drama. V. The musical style of Curlew River: No and Gagaku -- 7. The Later Church Parables. I. The Burning Fiery Furnace. II. The Prodigal Son -- 8. Stylistic Synthesis: Death in Venice -- 9. The Composer and his Critics.