Chapter 1 Andrei Volkonsky the initiator: a profile of his life and work,
Yuri Kholopov; Chapter 2 Philip Gershkovich's search for the lost essence
of music, Yuri Kholopov; Chapter 3 Sergei Slonimsky: the impetus to
innovation and cultural synthesis, Valentina Kholopova; Chapter 4 Boris
Tishchenko: striking spontaneity against a rationalistic background,
Valentina Kholopova; Chapter 5 Valentin Silvestrov's lyrical universe,
Svetlana Savenko; Chapter 6 Leonid Grabovsky: constants of style, Svetlana
Savenko; Chapter 7 A drama of non-recognition: a profile of Nikolai
Karetnikov's life and work, Mikhail Tarakanov; Chapter 8 Alemdar Karamanov:
an outsider in Soviet music, Yuri Kholopov; Chapter 9 The labyrinths of
Roman Ledenyov's creative work, Valentina Kholopova; Chapter 10 Vyacheslav
Artyomov: in search of artistic truth, Mikhail Tarakanov; Chapter 11 Faraj
Karayev: genug or not genug, Vladimir Barsky; Chapter 12 The magic of
Alexander Knaifel's message, Svetlana Savenko; Chapter 13 Secrets of the
moscow composition school in Vladislav Shoot's pure music, Valentina
Kholopova; Chapter 14 Alexander Vustin: the battlefield is the soul,
Valeria Tsenova; Chapter 15 A lyrical digression with commentary or, that
'notorious' Ekimovsky, Vladimir Barsky; Chapter 16 Alexander Raskatov's
apologia, Vladimir Barsky; Chapter 17 Sergei Pavlenko: on the way to
simplicity, Vladimir Barsky; Chapter 18 The culturology of Vladimir
Tarnopolsky, Valeria Tsenova;