Introduction: Jost Hermand and James SteakleyJOHANN WALTHER (1496-1570)Foreword to the Revised Edition of the Wittenberg HymnalHEINRICH SCHÜTZ (1585-1672)To Elector Johann Goerg I of SaxonyDedication of Symphoniae sacrae IISAMUEL SCHEIDT (1587-1654)To Duke August of BrunswickTo Heinrich BaryphonusGEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN (1681-1767)From the AutobiographySonnet on the Deceased Herr Kapellmeister BachGEORG FRIEDRICH HÄNDEL (1685-1759)To Johann MatthesonTo King George I of EnglandTo Charles Jennens, Jr.To Georg Philipp TelemannJOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)Dedication of the Brandenburg ConcertosContract with the ThomaschuleTo Georg ErdmannDedication of A Musical OfferingJOHANN JOACHIM QUANTZ (1697-1773)How a Performer and a Piece of Music Ought to be JudgedJOHANN ADOLF HASSE (1699-1783)To the Abbé Giovanni Maria OrtesCARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH (1714-1788)AutobiographyCHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714-1787)Dedication of AlcesteTo the Mercure de FranceTo Friedrich Gottlieb KlopstockTo the Baroness Anna von FriesTo ValentinFRANZ 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 RügenKARL DITTERS VON DITTERSDORF (1739-1799)From the AutobiographyKARL STAMITZ (1746-1801)To King Friedrich Wilhelm II of PrussiaCHRISTIAN GOTTLOB NEEFE (1748-1798)From the AutobiographyWOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)To Archbishop Hieronymus von ColloredoTo Maria Anna Thekla MozartTo Leopold MozartTo Leopold MozartTo Constanze WeberLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)To Franz WegelerThe Heiligenstadt TestamentTo His "Immortal Beloved"To Johann Wolfgan von GoetheERNST THEODOR AMADEUS HOFFMANN (1776-1822)Beethoven's Instrumental MusicLOUIS SPOHR (1784-1859)From the AutobiographyCARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786-1826)On the Opera Undine by E.T.A. HoffmannAutobiographyEssay on Johann Sebastian BachCARL CZERNY (1791-1857)From Reminiscences from My LifeFRANZ 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 SchoberFELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)To Carl Friedrich ZelterTo the Committee of the Lower Rhine Music FestivalTo Marc-André SouchayROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)To Friedrich Wieck"Rage Over the Lost Penny"Chopin's Piano ConcertosTo Clara WieckSchubert's Symphony in CTo Felix Mendelssohn BartholdyNew PathsOTTO NICOLAI (1810-1849)Some Reflections on Italian Opera in Comparison to GermanFRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)To Robert SchumannTo Countess Marie d'AgoultVisit to BeethovenRICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)From "A Pilgrimage to Beethoven"The Artist and the PublicTo Karl GaillardFrom "Opera and Drama"From His DiaryTo Friedrich NietzscheANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896)To Baron Hans von WolzogenJOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)To Clara SchumannTo Marie LipsiusTo Clara SchumannGUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)To the Members of the Budapest Opera HouseTo Arthur SeidlTo Alma MahlerTo the Members of the Court Opera CompanyHUGO WOLF (1860-1903)Opera EtiquetteA Monologue Recalled by Hugo WolfBruckner on Two PianosBrahms's Symphony No.4RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949)Is There an Avant-Garde in Music?To Hugo von HofmannsthalOn Inspiration in MusicFERRUCCIO BUSONI (1866-1924)Rules for Practicing the PianoMozartHANS PFITZNER (1869-1949)To Bruno WalterARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951)New MusicMy PublicTo William S. SchlammTo Josef RuferMy Attitude toward PoliticsANTON WEBERN (1883-1945)The Path to Twelve-Note CompositionALBAN BERG (1885-1935)The TeacherPostscript Concerning WozzeckOn Hundredth Anniversary of Franz Schubert's DeathOn Mahler's Ninth SymphonyPAUL DESSAU (1894-1979)AmericaTheodor W. AdornoBertolt BrechtModelsPAUL HINDEMITH (1895-1963)To Gertrude HindemithPreface to Elementary Training for MusiciansHANNS EISLER (1898-1962)Ludwig van BeethovenOn Modern MusicThesesStatementStatement on Leaving the U.S.A.Bertolt Brecht and MusicKURT WEILL (1900-1950)Radio and the Restructuing of Musical LifeA Note on JazzOn teh Composition of The Three-Penny OperaERNST KRENEK (b. 1900)That Noise Called MusicAmerica's Influence on Its Émigré ComposersWERNER EGK (1901-1983)On My Irish LegendKARL AMADEUS HARTMANN (1905-1963)My Yes to Luigi NonoHANS WERNER HENZE (b. 1926)Music as an Act of DesperationOpera Belongs to EveryonePaul DessauGerman Music in the 1940s and 1950s
