The musical world of Strauss's youth / James Deaville Strauss's compositional process / Walter Werbeck Maturity and indecision in the early works / Wayne Heisler, Jr. The first cycle of tone poems / David Larkin The second cycle of tone poems / James Hepokoski Strauss's road to operatic success : Guntram, Feuersnot, and Salome / Morten Kristiansen The Strauss-Hofmannsthal operas / Bryan Gilliam Opera after Hofmannsthal / Philip Graydon Actually, I like my songs best : Strauss's lieder / Susan Youens Last works / Jürgen May Perspectives / Strauss's place in the twentieth century / Alex Ross Musical quotation and allusion in the works of Richard Strauss / Günter Brosche Strauss in the Third Reich / Michael Walter Strauss and the business of music / Scott Warfield Kapellmeister Strauss / Raymond Holden Strauss and the sexual body : the erotics of humor, philosophy, and ego-assertion / Bryan Gilliam Srauss and the nature of music / Charles Youmans. | 
