'Crammed with … source material out of the BBC's capacious archives, this book offers a major contribution to the history of music in 20th-century Britain.' BBC Music Magazine

• List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Emergence of BBC Music Programmes: 1. The British music industry and the BBC between the wars; 2. BBC personnel, policies and programmes in the 1920s; Part II. The Pitt Years, 1922–9: 3. The foundations of music programming, 1922–6; 4. The music programmes take shape, 1926–7; 5. The first wave of Second Viennese School broadcasts, 1927–8; 6. Refining the music programmes, 1928–9; 7. Pitt's final season, 1929–30; Part III. The Early Boult Years, 1930–6: 8. Boult's initial seasons, 1930–1, 1931–2; 9. Transition to the new régime, 1932–3, 1933–4; 10. Policies and politics, 1934–5, 1935–6; 11. Clark's legacy; Appendices; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.

'Crammed with … source material out of the BBC's capacious archives, this book offers a major contribution to the history of music in 20th-century Britain.' BBC Music Magazine

• List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Emergence of BBC Music Programmes: 1. The British music industry and the BBC between the wars; 2. BBC personnel, policies and programmes in the 1920s; Part II. The Pitt Years, 1922–9: 3. The foundations of music programming, 1922–6; 4. The music programmes take shape, 1926–7; 5. The first wave of Second Viennese School broadcasts, 1927–8; 6. Refining the music programmes, 1928–9; 7. Pitt's final season, 1929–30; Part III. The Early Boult Years, 1930–6: 8. Boult's initial seasons, 1930–1, 1931–2; 9. Transition to the new régime, 1932–3, 1933–4; 10. Policies and politics, 1934–5, 1935–6; 11. Clark's legacy; Appendices; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.