Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- CONTENTS -- PART ONE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The problematics of myth -- 3. From the aesthetics of myth to the aesthetics of music -- 4. Myth as a musical reconstruction -- 5. The mythical and musical discourses (the narrative aspect) -- 6. The mythical as seme and style in music -- PART TWO -- 7. Introduction: the mythical in Liszt and Slavonic music -- 8. Wagner's Siegfried -- 9. Sibelius's Kullervo -- 10. Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex -- 11. Conclusion -- Notes -- Literature -- Index of referred musical works