The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss

Contents

• Chronology of Strauss's life and career Charles Youmans;
• Part I . Background:
• 1. The musical world of Strauss's youth James Deaville;
• 2. Strauss's compositional process Walter Werbeck;
• 3. Maturity and indecision in the early works Wayne Heisler;
• Part II . Works:
• 4. The first cycle of tone poems David Larkin;
• 5. The second cycle of tone poems James Hepokoski;
• 6. Strauss's road to operatic success: Guntram, Feuersnot, and Salome Morten Kristiansen;
• 7. The Strauss-Hofmannsthal operas Bryan Gilliam;
• 8. Opera after Hofmannsthal Philip Graydon;
• 9. 'Actually, I like my songs best': Strauss's Lieder Susan Youens;
• 10. Last works Jurgen May;
• Part III . Perspectives:
• 11. Strauss's place in the twentieth century Alex Ross;
• 12. Musical quotation and allusion in the works of Richard Strauss Gunter Brosche;
• 13. Strauss in the Third Reich Michael Walter;
• 14. Strauss and the business of music Scott Warfield;
• 15. Kapellmeister Strauss Raymond Holden;
• 16. Strauss and the sexual body: the erotics of humor, philosophy, and ego-assertion Bryan Gilliam;
• 17. Strauss and the nature of music Charles Youmans; Bibliography.