Constellations: The Life and Music of John Buckley

Acknowledgements- Foreword- Introduction- Beginnings (1951-1972) - Early Years and Background- Introduction to Music- School Days- The Move to Dublin- Early Works (1973-1976) - Teacher and Composer- Contemporary Music in Ireland in the 1970s- New Developments- SELECTED ANALYSIS: 24- Sonata for CorAnglais and Piano(1973)- Three Pieces for Solo Flute(1973)- Wind Quintet(1976)- Between the Celtic and the Avant-garde- (1977-1987)- Part 1: Towards Ireland- Recognition- Studies in Cardiff- Myth and Modernism- SELECTED ANALYSIS: - Taller than Roman Spears(1977)- Oileáin(1979)- I Am Wind on Sea(1987)- Part 2: Towards Europe- Early Successes- Connecting with Cage and Lutoslawski- SELECTED ANALYSIS: - Concerto for Chamber Orchestra(1981)- Time Piece(1982)- Educational and Peripheral Works(1982-1998)- Ennis Composition Summer School- Educational Works- Consolidation (1988-1996) - Expanding Horizons- The Scene in Ireland- The Late 1980s and Early 1990s- SELECTED ANALYSIS: - Symphony No. 1(1988)- A Thin Halo of Blue(1990)- The Words Upon the Window Pane(1991)- Concerto for Organ and Orchestra(1992)- Towards a New Refinement (1997-2005) - The Late 1990s and the New Millennium- SELECTED ANALYSIS: - Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra(1997)- Tidal Erotics(1999)- In Winter Light(2004)- Constellations (2005-2010) as far as the eye can seeCoda- Bibliography - Appendices I-VI - Catalogue of Compositions- Abendlied-(text)- Rivers of Paradise- (text)- The words upon the window pane- (Libretto)- Te Deum(text)- Discography- Index-