Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Berlin 1873–1897
7. Introduction 5
8. 1. Headwaters 7
9. 2. Mentors 17
10. 3. Liftoff 31
11. Part II. Wesel 1897–1902
12. Introduction 47
13. 4. New Beginnings 49
14. 5. Reger 59
15. 6. “I’d like finally to get on with it!” 75
16. Part III. Leipzig 1903–1918
17. Introduction 89
18. 7. A Berliner in (Little) Paris 91
19. 8. Off the Organ Bench 106
20. 9. Trouble in Paradise 119
21. 10. “In my naïveté” 132
22. 11. Emmi Leisner 149
23. 12. Deaths and Transfigurations 157
24. Part IV. Intermezzo: Leipzig 1918–1920
25. Introduction 171
26. 13. Decision Point 173
27. 14. Portraits in Ambivalence 189
28. Part V. Leipzig 1920–1929
29. Introduction 207
30. 15. On the Road and at the Negotiating Table 209
31. 16. Politics I 222
32. 17. “When the days of darkness come” 232
33. 18. Colleagues 242
34. 19. The Treadmill 253
35. 20. Movements in Time 266
36. 21. “God preserve Karl Straube” 278
37. Part VI. Leipzig 1930–1939
38. Introduction 289
39. 22. Bach on Air 291
40. 23. Politics II 303
41. 24. Praeceptor Germaniae 325
42. 25. The Spring of Our Discontent 339
43. 26. Beyond the Rhine 355
44. 27. Deceptive Cadence 368
45. 28. Tempelreinigung 384
46. Part VII. Leipzig 1940–1950
47. Introduction 413
48. 29. The Franciscan Way 415
49. 30. Perils 430
50. 31. Götterdämmerung 1943 443
51. 32. Gone with the Wind 459
52. 33. Reckonings 478
53. 34. “Like sand through the fingers” 500
54. Epilogue: Musical Offering 523
55. Bibliography 529
56. Index 543