Chronology of Sibelius's life and career Introduction / Daniel M. Grimley Pt. I: Forging a voice : perspectives on Sibelius's biography 1. The national composer and the idea of Finnishness : Sibelius and the formation of Finnish musical style / Matti Huttumen 2. Vienna and the genesis of Kullervor, 'Durchführung zum teufel!" / Glenda Dawn Goss Pt. II: Musical works 3. Pastoral idylls, erotic anxieties and heroic subjectivities in Sibelius's Lamminkäinen and the Maidens of the Island and first two symphonies / Stephen Downes 4. The later symphonies / Arnold Whittall 5. The genesis of the violin concerto / Jukka Tiilikainen 6. Finlandia awakens / James Hepokoski 7. The tone poems : genre, landscape and structural perspective / Daniel M. Grimley 8. Finnish modern : love, sex and style in Sibelius's songs / Jeffrey Kallberg 9. Sibelius and the miniature / Veijo Murtomäki
Pt. III: Influence and reception
10. Sub umbra Sibelii: Sibelius and his successors / Iikka Oramo
11. Sibelius and Germany : Wahrhaftgkeitbeyond AllnaturTomi Mäkelä
12. Sibelius in Britain / Peter Franklin
13. Sibelius and contemporary music / Julian Anderson
Pt. IV: Interpreting Sibelius
14 Different kinds of fidelity : interpreting Sibelius on record / Bethany Lowe
15. Performing Sibelius Sir Colin Davis and Osmo Vänskä in conversation with Daniel M. Grimley