Of Exile and Music

Introduction
Part One—Europe
Chapter One: A Childhood Idyll—Mallorca, 1933 to 1936
Chapter Two: Return to Germany—August 1936
Chapter Three: Milan—August to October 1936
Part Two—South Africa
Chapter Four: South Africa, the Early Years—October 1936 to September 1939
Chapter Five: Wartime—from September 1939, aged eight
Chapter Six: Music Lessons—1940 onward
Chapter Seven: The Later War Years—up to May 1945
Chapter Eight: My Father’s Death—August 24, 1945
Chapter Nine: The Aftermath—after August 1945
Chapter Ten: Ruth—1941 to 1953
Chapter Eleven: Growing Up—1947 to 1949
Part Three—Student Years
Chapter Twelve: Student Life—Wits, March 1950 to December 1952
Chapter Thirteen: London, Winter and Spring 1953—Music
Chapter Fourteen: London, Winter and Spring 1953—People and Places
Chapter Fifteen: England—Summer 1953
Chapter Sixteen: New Perspectives—1954
Chapter Seventeen: Strobl am Wolfgangsee—August 1954
Chapter Eighteen: Interlude with My Mother—Spring 1955
Chapter Nineteen: Love Story—Summer 1955 to September 1956
Chapter Twenty: Return Journey—September 1956
Part Four—Work, Politics
Chapter Twenty-One: Johannesburg—October 1956 to mid-1958
Chapter Twenty-Two: Johannesburg, a New Turn of Events—mid- to end of 1958
Chapter Twenty-Three: A Newcomer in Durban—1959
Chapter Twenty-Four: Nancy, Politics, and the Murder of Figaro—1959 and 1960
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Royal Ballet in South Africa—1960
Chapter Twenty-Six: Last Months in Durban—late 1960 to February 1961
Part Five—England
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Farewell to Africa—February to March 1961
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Third Immigration—March 1961 to December 1962
Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Change of Course—1962 to 1965
Chapter Thirty: A New Beginning—1965 to 1967
Chapter Thirty-One: My Years with ENO—1968 to 1998
Chapter Thirty-Two: Life with Henry
Epilogue: Revisiting Mallorca, South Africa, and Germany