Childhood in Hamburg / Renate and Kurt Hofmann
The Schumanns / Thomas Synofzik
Vienna / Camille Crittenden
Leipzig and Berlin / Karen Leistra-Jones
Personal habits / William Horne
Correspondence / Wolfgang Sandberger
Holidays / Inga-Mai Groote
Finances / Jakob Hauschildt
As pianist / Katrin Eich
As conductor / Walter Frisch
As arranger / Valerie Goertzen
As editor / Peter Schmitz
As teacher / Johannes Behr
Private music-making / Katy Hamilton
Concert life / Laurenz Lutteken
Genre / Matthew Gelbart
Folk music / George Bozarth
Early music / Virginia Hancock
Singers / Natasha Loges
Conductors / Leon Botstein
Pianists / Michael Musgrave
Other instrumentalists / Heather Platt
Instruments / Anneke Scott
Publishers / Peter Schmitz
Copyright / Friedemann Kawohl
Politics and religion / David Brodbeck
Literature / Natasha Loges
Philosophy / Nicole Grimes
Visual arts / William Vaughan and Natasha Loges
Science and technology / Myles Jackson and Katy Hamilton
Germany / Johannes Behr
England / Katy Hamilton
Analysis / Heather Platt
The era of national socialism / Ulrike Petersen
Editing Brahms / Michael Struck
Recordings / Ivan Hewett
Historical performance / Michael Musgrave
Inspiration / Markus Boggemann
Mythmaking / Natasha Loges and Katy Hamilton.