Table of Contents
Introduction: Jost Hermand and James Steakley JOHANN WALTHER (1496-1570)Foreword to the Revised Edition of the
Wittenberg Hymnal HEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)To Elector Johann Goerg I of SaxonyDedication of
Symphoniae sacrae II SAMUEL SCHEIDT (1587-1654)To Duke August of BrunswickTo Heinrich Baryphonus GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767)From the
AutobiographySonnet on the Deceased Herr Kapellmeister Bach GEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685-1759)To Johann MatthesonTo King George I of EnglandTo Charles Jennens, Jr.To Georg Philipp Telemann JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)Dedication of the Brandenburg ConcertosContract with the ThomaschuleTo Georg ErdmannDedication of
A Musical Offering JOHANN JOACHIM QUANTZ (1697-1773)How a Performer and a Piece of Music Ought to be Judged JOHANN ADOLF HASSE (1699-1783)To the Abbé Giovanni Maria Ortes CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH (1714-1788)Autobiography CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714-1787)Dedication of
AlcesteTo the
Mercure de FranceTo Friedrich Gottlieb KlopstockTo the Baroness Anna von FriesTo Valentin FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)To Leonore LechnerTo Herr RottTo Maria Anna von GenzingerTo the Administrator of the Esterházy EstateTo Christoph Gottlob BreitkopfTo the Members of th Bergen Musical Association on RÜgen KARL DITTERS VON DITTERSDORF (1739-1799)From the
Autobiography KARL STAMITZ (1746-1801)To King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia CHRISTIAN GOTTLOB NEEFE (1748-1798)From the
Autobiography WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)To Archbishop Hieronymus von ColloredoTo Maria Anna Thekla MozartTo Leopold MozartTo Leopold MozartTo Constanze Weber LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)To Franz WegelerThe Heiligenstadt TestamentTo His "Immortal Beloved"To Johann Wolfgan von Goethe ERNST THEODOR AMADEUS HOFFMANN (1776-1822)Beethoven's Instrumental Music LOUIS SPOHR (1784-1859)From the
Autobiography CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786-1826)On the Opera
Undine by E.T.A. HoffmannAutobiographyEssay on Johann Sebastian Bach CARL CZERNY (1791-1857)From
Reminiscences from My Life FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)To Franz von Schober and Others"My Dream," an Allegorical StoryTo Franz von SchoberFrom His Lost DiaryTo Emperor Franz IITo Franz von Schober FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)To Carl Friedrich ZelterTo the Committee of the Lower Rhine Music FestivalTo Marc-André Souchay ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)To Friedrich Wieck"Rage Over the Lost Penny"Chopin's Piano ConcertosTo Clara WieckSchubert's Symphony in CTo Felix Mendelssohn BartholdyNew Paths OTTO NICOLAI (1810-1849)Some Reflections on Italian Opera in Comparison to German FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)To Robert SchumannTo Countess Marie d'AgoultVisit to Beethoven RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)From "A Pilgrimage to Beethoven"The Artist and the PublicTo Karl GaillardFrom "Opera and Drama"From His DiaryTo Friedrich Nietzsche ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896)To Baron Hans von Wolzogen JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)To Clara SchumannTo Marie LipsiusTo Clara Schumann GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)To the Members of the Budapest Opera HouseTo Arthur SeidlTo Alma MahlerTo the Members of the Court Opera Company HUGO WOLF (1860-1903)Opera EtiquetteA Monologue Recalled by Hugo WolfBruckner on Two PianosBrahms's Symphony No.4 RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)Is There an Avant-Garde in Music?To Hugo von HofmannsthalOn Inspiration in Music FERRUCCIO BUSONI (1866-1924)Rules for Practicing the PianoMozart HANS PFITZNER (1869-1949)To Bruno Walter ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951)New MusicMy PublicTo William S. SchlammTo Josef RuferMy Attitude toward Politics ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945)The Path to Twelve-Note Composition ALBAN BERG (1885-1935)The TeacherPostscript Concerning
WozzeckOn Hundredth Anniversary of Franz Schubert's DeathOn Mahler's Ninth Symphony PAUL DESSAU (1894-1979)AmericaTheodor W. AdornoBertolt BrechtModels&L