This new and carefully edited standard work contains all records of Richard Strauss handed down from the years 1932-1949. Until shortly before his death, Strauss continuously wrote down anecdotes from musical life, but principally notes and small essays on his role as a composer and on the functionalization of his music theatre works – within music history, in the broad context of western cultural history and, not least, in political times in general.

• Vorwort
• Einleitung
• Textübertragungen und Kommentare
• Blaue Hefte (B1-B10)
• Graue Hefte (G1-G6)
• Verzeichnisse und Register: Abkürzungsverzeichnis
• Verzeichnis der Literatur, Internetquellen und Notenausgaben
• Personenregister
• Werkregister
• Ortsregister