The Schoenberg guides. Arnold Schoenberg, Gurrelieder : guide ; Arnold Schoenberg, Chamber symphony, Op. 9 : thematic analysis ; Pelleas and Melisande (after the drama by Maurice Maeterlinck) : Symphonic poem for orchestra, by Arnold Schoenberg, Op. 5 : thematic analysis ; Pelleas and Melisande (after the drama by Maurice Maeterlinck) : Symphonic poem for orchestra, by Arnold Schoenberg, Op. 5 : brief thematic analysis ; Commentary on the Schoenberg guides

Essays, lectures, and analyses. The musical impotence of Hans Pfitzner's Die neue Ästhetik ; Vienna's music criticism : two feuilletons ; The musical forms in my opera Wozzeck ; Why is Schoenberg's music so difficult to understand? ; Alban Berg's Chamber concerto : an open letter ; Committed response to a noncommittal survey ; Two analyses of the Lyric suite ; Composition with twelve tones ; Nine pages on the Lyric suite ; Introducing Ernst Krenek ; The "problem of opera" ; ProMundo ; Pro Domo ; The voice in opera ; What Is atonal? A dialogue ; Lecture on Wozzech : the 'atonal opera' credo ; A few remarks on staging the opera Wozzeck ; Commemorative address for Emil Hertzka ; Commentary on essays, lectures, and analyses

Tributes. The teacher ; On Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra ; On the hundredth anniversary of Franz Schubert's death ; For Adolf Loos : double acrostic distichs for the tenth of December ; On Winfried Zillig ; To Karl Kraus ; Handel and Bach ; Faith, hope, and love : for Schoenberg's sixtieth birthday ; Commentary on tributes

Interviews. With the composer of Wozzeck : a conversation with Alban Berg, by Carl Marilaun ; A chat with Alban Berg, by Oskar Baum ; Conversation with Alban Berg : impressions from a Wozzeck performance in Leningrad, by "Iron" ; Berg's Wozzeck in Leningrad : remarks by the composer ; A conversation with Alban Berg, by Oskar Jancke ; Critique of the critique : conversation with Alban Berg and Clemens Krauss, by Otto König ; "We spoke today with Alban Berg..." ; Commentary on interviews

Fictional works. Hanna ; A mining drama ; Night (Nocturne) : preliminary plan, notes for the monodrama ; Commentary on fictional works

Miscellaneous writings. An appeal for Schoenberg ; On Mahler's Ninth symphony ; Two prospectuses for the Society for Private Musical Performances ; Letter from Vienna ; Questions about jazz ; Opera theater ; On reopening the Vienna Volksoper ; Should Wagner stagings be modernized? ; Composition with twelve-tone rows ; Commentary on miscellaneous writings.