Includes bibliographical references (pages 1289-1295), discography (pages 1125-1214), and indexes.Volume 1, 1891-1939. The Busch family ; The prodigy ; The Cologne Conservatory ; The young virtuoso ; The Vienna years ; Berlin and Busoni ; The Darmstadt days ; Burgeoning in Basel ; The break ; Busch the man ; The Chamber Players ; The Lucerne Festival — Volume 2, 1939-52. The New World ; Between two continents ; The Marlboro School of Music ; Appendices: Busch and the violin ; Repertoire and taste ; Busch as interpreter : comments on his performances ; Busch the teacher ; Busch and the viola ; Six tributes (Joseph Szigeti on Adolf Busch ; Max Strub on Adolf Busch ; A letter from a member of the Busch Little Symphony ; “Recollections of Adolf Busch” / Edith Eisler ; “Fritz and Adolf Busch” / Yehudi Menuhin ; “The Busch brothers” / Sir Adrian Boult) ; The Busch ensembles (The Busch Quartet ; The Busch/Serkin Duo ; The Busch Trio ; The Busch Chamber Players) ; The art of ensemble playing, by Adolf Busch ; Adolf Busch discusses ways of musical progress ; Colleagues and contemporaries : personalia ; Busch on record : a complete discograpy, with commentary ; Busch the composer : commentaries and worklist ; Envoi : Erik Chisholm talks about Adolf Busch.Monumental biography of one of the major musicians of the twentieth century.