| The Early Works of Arnold Schoenberg, 1893–1908 |
| PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
| A NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS |
| 1 |  | PART I— SCHOENBERG AND THE BRAHMS TRADITION, 1893–1897 |
 | Chapter One— The "Brahms Fog": A Context for Early Schoenberg |
| Chapter Two— The Instrumental Works |
| 1 | | Chapter Three— The Songs |
| 9 | | PART II— EXPANDED TONALITY, EXPANDED FORMS 1899–1903 |
| 5 | | Chapter Four— The Dehmel Settings of 1899 |
| 2 | • | Schoenberg and Weib und Welt |
| • | Mannesbangen |
| • | Warnung |
| • | Erwartung, op. 2, no. 1 |
| • | Im Reich der Liebe |
| 3 | • | Jesus bettelt ("Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm"), op. 2, no. 2 |
| • | Erhebung, op. 2, no. 3 |
| Chapter Five— Verklärte Nacht , op. 4 (1899) |
| 1 | | Chapter Six— Gurrelieder (1900–1901) |
| 3 | | Chapter Seven— Pelleas und Melisande , op. 5 (1902–1903) |
| PART III— "THE DIRECTION MUCH MORE MY OWN," 1904–1908 |
| Chapter Eight— The First String Quartet, op. 7 (1904-1905) |
| Chapter Nine— The First Chamber Symphony, op. 9 (1906) |
| Chapter Ten— The Second Chamber Symphony, op. 38, and the Second String Quartet, op. 10 (1906–1908) |
| APPENDIX OF LONGER MUSICAL EXAMPLES |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CITED |
| INDEX OF SCHOENBERG'S COMPOSITIONS AND WRITINGS |
| 1 | | GENERAL INDEX |