| Others: A Mythology and a Demurrer (By Way of Preface) | |
| Pt. I | Defining Russia Musically (Seven Mini-Essays) | 1 |
| 1 | N. A. Lvov and the Folk | 3 |
| 2 | M. I. Glinka and the State | 25 |
| 3 | P. I. Chaikovsky and the Ghetto | 48 |
| 4 | Who Am I? (And Who Are You?) | 61 |
| 5 | Safe Harbors | 81 |
| 6 | After Everything | 99 |
| 7 | Objectives | 105 |
| Pt. II | Self and Other | 111 |
| 8 | How the Acorn Took Root | 113 |
| 9 | "Entoiling the Falconet" | 152 |
| 10 | Ital'yanshchina | 186 |
| Pt. III | Hermeneutics of Russian Music: Four Cruxes | 237 |
| 11 | Chaikovsky and the Human: A Centennial Essay | 239 |
| 12 | Scriabin and the Superhuman: A Millennial Essay | 308 |
| 13 | Stravinsky and the Subhuman | 360 |
| 14 | Shostakovich and the Inhuman | 468 |
| Index | 545 |
