Family, Friends, and Collaborators. Family and Upbringing / Chris Walton ; Formative Influences / David Larkin ; Pauline de Ahna / Katharina Hottmann ; Close Friends / Walter Werbeck ; Hofmannsthal / Ingeborg Haase and Dirk Hoffmann ; The Other Librettists / Kenneth Birkin ; Stage Collaborators / Ryan Prendergast ; Champions / Bryan Gilliam
Career Stations. Munich and Garmisch / Sebastian Bolz ; Meiningen and Weimar / Michael Saffle ; Bayreuth / Ulrich Konrad ; Berlin / Dietmar Schenk ; Vienna / Joseph E. Jones
Cultural Engagement and Musical Life. Strauss as Reader / Matthew Werley ; Antiquity / Jason Geary ; Philosophy and Religion / Charles Youmans ; Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein / James Deaville ; Genossenschaft Deutscher Tonsetzer / Manuela Schmidt
Professional and Musical Contexts. The Composer / Jeremy Zima ; The Conductor / Raymond Holden ; The Orchestra / Scott Warfield ; Program Music / Jonathan Kregor ; Post-Wagnerian Opera / Morten Kristiansen ; The Lied / Jurgen May
In History. Modernism / Peter Franklin ; Traditionalism / Leon Botstein ; World War I / Philip Graydon ; Nazi Germany / Erik Levi ; Lateness / Giangiorgio Satragni ; Reception / Franzpeter Messmer
Artifacts and Legacy. Publishers and Editions / Andreas Pernpeintner and Stefan Schenk ; Letters / Claudia Heine and Adrian Kech ; In Performance / Raymond Holden ; Influence / Ben Winters ; 2001: A Space Odyssey and Beyond / Charles Youmans ; Scholarly Directions / Matthew Werley.
