Unusual for its genre, but for the benefit of its readers, this novel contains a table of contents-style listing of its chapters. It is hoped that this will elucidate both the structure, and the flowing timeline of the life of the main character, Eduard Gottfried Meyer.

 1   1995 Abreise: Das Paket — Departure: The Packet     1
 2       1927          Der Anfang—The Beginning
  10
 3       1927          Unvollständiges Konzert—An Incomplete Concert
   26
 4       1928          Die Erbschaft—The Legacy
   39
5       1928          Das Hotel—The Hotel
   55
6       1928          Die Bankiers—The Bankers
   61
7       1928          Musikalisches Geschehnis—A Musical Incident
   69
8       1928          In die Schweiz—To Switzerland
   81
9       1928 - 1932          Lehrstunden—Lessons    90
10       1932 - 1935          Der Fall—The Fall
   105
11       1936 - 1938          Kristall—Crystal    120
12       1938 - 1940          Auf nach Leipzig—Leipzig Life
   135
13       1940 - 1941          Erstes Konzert—First Concert
   153
14       1941 - 1943          Auf Tournee—Touring
   166
15       1943          Harmonie und Verrat — Harmony and Betrayal
   178
16       1943          Der Viehzug — The Cattle Train
   185
17       1943 - 1944          Kanada — Kanada
   198
18       1944          Das Kindlein — The Infant
   208
19       1944          Und sie erlischt — And It Flickers Out
   215
20       1944          Frevel — Outrage
   221
21       1944          Erkenntnis — Perception   232
22       1944          Ausbruch — Escape
   249
23       1944          Zusammenbruch — Collapse
   270
24       1945          Eindringlinge — Invaders
   279
25       1945          Die der Brünnhilde Rache — Brünnhilde’s Revenge
   299
26       1945 - 1946          Frankfurter Hochzeit — A Frankfurt Wedding
   306
27       1947 - 1965          Des Musikers Leben — A Musician’s Life
   319
28       1978          Texanas-Hochzeit — A Texas Wedding
   332
29       1980          Auf die Bühne — Onto the Stage
   345
30       1989          Kristallmacht — Crystal Might
   356
31       1993          Krankheit — Illness
   372
32       1994
         Nimmer stirbt der Tod — Death Never Dies
   375
33    1995  Ankunft: Das Geschenk — Arrival: The Gift
   378
            
Epilogue:  Der Kreis wird nie gebrochen werden: Versprechen gehalten —    
          1995?        The Circle Won’t Be Broken: A Promise Kept
  383