• Maps
• Chronology
• Introduction
1. Myths and Origins
2. Imperial Visions
3. The New Rome
4. Ritual Forms
5. Urban Noise
6. Decadence and Decline
7. From Spritz to Pink Floyd
• Appendix 1: Doges of Venice
• Appendix 2: Visiting the Piazza
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• Acknowledgements
• List of Illustrations
• Index

Iain Fenlon is Professor of Historical Musicology at Cambridge University.