| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
| Pt. I | Essays | |
| The Enigmas of Richard Strauss: A Revisionist View | 3 |
| Daphne's Transformation | 33 |
| Structure and Program in Macbeth: A Proposed Reading of Strauss's First Symphonic Poem | 67 |
| Ruhe, meine Seele! and the Letzte Orchesterlieder | 90 |
| "Lass Er die Musi, wo sie ist": Pitch Specificity in Strauss | 138 |
| Richard Strauss and the Question | 164 |
| Pt. II | Letters | |
| Selections from the Strauss-Thuille Correspondence | |
| A Glimpse of Strauss during His Formative Years | 193 |
| Selections from the Strauss-Gregor Correspondence: The Genesis of Daphne | 237 |
| Pt. III | Memoirs | |
| Richard Strauss: The Man | 273 |
| Richard Strauss: Seer and Idealist | 280 |
| Richard Strauss at Eighty | 287 |
| The Last Visit with Richard Strauss | 295 |
| Pt. IV | Criticism and Reception | |
| On the Tone Poems of Richard Strauss | 305 |
| Strauss and the Viennese Critics (1896-1924): Reviews by Gustav Schoenaich, Robert Hirschfeld, Guido Adler, Max Kalbeck, Julius Korngold, and Karl Klaus | 311 |
| Elektra: A Study by Paul Bekker | 372 |
| Richard Strauss at Sixty | 406 |
| Index of Names and Compositions | 417 |
| List of Contributors | 425 |
