Preface Morten Kristiansen and Joseph E. Jones; Part I. Family, Friends and Collaborators: 1. Family and upbringing Chris Walton; 2. Formative influences David Larkin; 3. Pauline de Ahna Katharina Hottmann; 4. Close friends Walter Werbeck; 5. Hofmannsthal Ingeborg Haase and Dirk Hoffmann; 6. The other librettists Kenneth Birkin; 7. Stage collaborators Ryan Prendergast; 8. Champions Bryan Gilliam; Part II. Career Stations: 9. Munich and Garmisch Sebastian Bolz; 10. Meiningen and Weimar Michael Saffle; 11. Bayreuth Ulrich Konrad; 12. Berlin Dietmar Schenk; 13. Vienna Joseph E. Jones; Part III. Cultural Engagement and Musical Life: 14. Strauss as reader Matthew Werley; 15. Antiquity Jason Geary; 16. Philosophy and religion Charles Youmans; 17. Allgemeiner deutscher musikverein James Deaville; 18. Genossenschaft deutscher tonsetzer Manuela Schmidt; Part IV. Professional and Musical Contexts: 19. The composer Jeremy Zima; 20. The conductor Raymond Holden; 21. The orchestra Scott Warfield; 22. Program music Jonathan Kregor; 23. Post-wagnerian opera Morten Kristiansen; 24. The lied Jürgen May; Part V. In History: 25. Modernism Peter Franklin; 26. Traditionalism Leon Botstein; 27. World War I Philip Graydon; 28. Nazi Germany Erik Levi; 29. Lateness Giangiorgio Satragni; 30. Reception Franzpeter Messmer; Part VI. Artifacts and Legacy: 31. Publishers and editions Andreas Pernpeintner and Stefan Schenk; 32. Letters Claudia Heine and Adrian Kech; 33. In performance Raymond Holden; 34. Influence Ben Winters; 35. 2001: A space odyssey and beyond Charles Youmans; 36. Scholarly directions Matthew Werley; Index.