"from reviews of the cloth edition:
""Gilliam, perhaps now the leading North American expert on Strauss's operas . . . has assembled a group of authors who collectively present what is undoubtedly a major contribution to Strauss studies."--Scott Warfield, "Notes

""What better way for musicology to mark the twentieth century's final, self-questioning stages than . . . to reevaluate Richard Strauss?"--Arnold Whittall, "Times Literary Supplement

""Bryan Gilliam's compilation of essays on Richard Strauss's life and work promises broad scope and exciting reading."--Lydia D. Rohmer, "Brio"

Bryan Gilliam is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Music at Duke University.

Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
Introduction: The Warmer Climate for Strauss / Michael Kennedy xi
Preface xix
The Musical-Historical Context
Strauss before Liszt and Wagner: Some Observations / R. Larry todd 3
Miners Digging from Opposite Sides: Mahler, Strauss, and the Problem of Program Music / Stephen E. Hefling 41
Extended Tonality in Mahler and Strauss / Kofi Agawu 55
Ironic Allusions to Italian Opera in the Musical Comedies of Richard Strauss / Reinhold chlotterer 77
Strauss and the National Socialists: The Debate and Its Relevance / Pamela M. Potter 93
Die Handler und die Kunst: Richard Strauss as Composers' Advocate / Barbara A. Petersen 115
The Musical Works
Fiery-Pulsed Libertine or Domestic Hero? Strauss's Don Juan Reinvestigated / James Hepokoski 135
The Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra (1945): Remarks about the Origin of the Work Based on a Newly Discovered Source / Gunter Brosche 177
The Metamorphosis of the Metamorphoses: New Analytic and Source-Critical Discoveries / Timothy L. Jackson 193
The Element of Time in Der Rosenkavalier / Lewis Lockwood 243
Strauss's Intermezzo: Innovation and Tradition / Bryan Gilliam 259
Index 285