Prologue : Mozart, 1788 to 1791 : an inevitable end or a new beginning?
Imperial appointments : Mozart and Salieri. Time for change ; Prolific under discouraging conditions ; Toward spirited partnership
Explorations outside of Vienna. Traveling again ; Frankfurt, 1790 : the self-styled ambassador ; Leipzig and Berlin, 1789 ; Bach circles at home and abroad
Grand ambitions : expanding compositional horizons. A musical announcement ; A garden apartment for a bold start ; The notion of "imperial style"
"Vera opera" and The Magic Flute. What's in a name? ; More than an Egyptian opera ; The language of "grand opera"
"The higher pathetic style of church music" and the Requiem. An auspicious prospect ; A timely commission ; Envisioning a new kind of sacred music
"Composed just not yet written" : music never to be heard. A self-assured prodigy ; Work in progress : the fragments ; Windows ajar : fleeting sounds of chamber music ; Epilogue
Appendix : Currency and monetary values.
