• Introduction; Part 1 Defense of the Beiträge zur Modulationslehre of 1903; Chapter 1 I Request the Floor!; Chapter 2 “More Light”; Part 2 The “Draeseke Controversy” of 1906; Chapter 3 Music and Progress; Chapter 4 An Open Letter; Chapter 5 Hugo Riemann: Degeneration and Regeneration in Music; Chapter 6 Degeneration and Regeneration in Music; Part 3 Reception; Chapter 7 Hugo Wolf's Artistic Legacy; Chapter 8 On April 1; Chapter 9 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Songs Without Words; Chapter 10 ::, On Johann Sebastian Bach; Chapter 11 ::, On Richard Strauss; Part 4 “Analyses” of Reger's Works for the Festivals of the Allgemeiner Deutscher musikverein; Chapter 12 String Quartet op. 74 in D minor; Chapter 13 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Joh. Seb. Bach for Piano, Two Hands op. 81; and Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven for Two Pianos, Four Hands op. 86; Chapter 14 Psalm 100 for Chorus, Orchestra, and Organ op. 106; Chapter 15 Quartet for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Piano op. 113; Chapter 16 Römischer Triumphgesang for Men's Chorus and Orchestra op. 126;

"This book is an important addition to the growing scholarship on Max Reger....[and] a very enlightening read."--NOTES

• Introduction; Part 1 Defense of the Beiträge zur Modulationslehre of 1903; Chapter 1 I Request the Floor!; Chapter 2 “More Light”; Part 2 The “Draeseke Controversy” of 1906; Chapter 3 Music and Progress; Chapter 4 An Open Letter; Chapter 5 Hugo Riemann: Degeneration and Regeneration in Music; Chapter 6 Degeneration and Regeneration in Music; Part 3 Reception; Chapter 7 Hugo Wolf's Artistic Legacy; Chapter 8 On April 1; Chapter 9 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Songs Without Words; Chapter 10 ::, On Johann Sebastian Bach; Chapter 11 ::, On Richard Strauss; Part 4 “Analyses” of Reger's Works for the Festivals of the Allgemeiner Deutscher musikverein; Chapter 12 String Quartet op. 74 in D minor; Chapter 13 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Joh. Seb. Bach for Piano, Two Hands op. 81; and Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven for Two Pianos, Four Hands op. 86; Chapter 14 Psalm 100 for Chorus, Orchestra, and Organ op. 106; Chapter 15 Quartet for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Piano op. 113; Chapter 16 Römischer Triumphgesang for Men's Chorus and Orchestra op. 126;

"This book is an important addition to the growing scholarship on Max Reger....[and] a very enlightening read."--NOTES

• Introduction; Part 1 Defense of the Beiträge zur Modulationslehre of 1903; Chapter 1 I Request the Floor!; Chapter 2 “More Light”; Part 2 The “Draeseke Controversy” of 1906; Chapter 3 Music and Progress; Chapter 4 An Open Letter; Chapter 5 Hugo Riemann: Degeneration and Regeneration in Music; Chapter 6 Degeneration and Regeneration in Music; Part 3 Reception; Chapter 7 Hugo Wolf's Artistic Legacy; Chapter 8 On April 1; Chapter 9 Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Songs Without Words; Chapter 10 ::, On Johann Sebastian Bach; Chapter 11 ::, On Richard Strauss; Part 4 “Analyses” of Reger's Works for the Festivals of the Allgemeiner Deutscher musikverein; Chapter 12 String Quartet op. 74 in D minor; Chapter 13 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Joh. Seb. Bach for Piano, Two Hands op. 81; and Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven for Two Pianos, Four Hands op. 86; Chapter 14 Psalm 100 for Chorus, Orchestra, and Organ op. 106; Chapter 15 Quartet for Violin, Viola, Violoncello, and Piano op. 113; Chapter 16 Römischer Triumphgesang for Men's Chorus and Orchestra op. 126;

"This book is an important addition to the growing scholarship on Max Reger....[and] a very enlightening read."--NOTES