Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgments -- A note on editions and terminology -- Introduction -- 1 Placing the Eighth Symphony -- Changing critical criteria -- 2 The genesis and evolution of the Eighth Symphony -- The composition of the first version -- The Levi affair -- Bruckner's revision -- Dedication and publication -- Bringing the symphony to performance -- 3 The musical design and symphonic agenda of the Eighth -- Movement 1: Allegro moderato -- Movement 2: Scherzo: Allegro moderato -- Trio: Langsam -- Movement 3: Adagio: Feierlich langsam, doch nicht schleppend -- Movement 4: Finale: Feierlich, nicht schnell -- Programmatic levels in the Eighth Symphony -- FIRST MOVEMENT -- SECOND MOVEMENT (SCHERZO) -- THE THIRD MOVEMENT (ADAGIO) -- FOURTH MOVEMENT (FINALE) -- 4 The Adagio and the sublime -- The sublime aesthetic -- Articulations of sublimity in the Adagio -- The meaning of sublimity in Bruckner's Vienna -- 5 The 1887 version and the 1890 version -- The nature of the 1890 revision -- Revisions to the orchestration -- Structural revisions -- The first movement -- The second movement -- The third movement -- The fourth movement -- The motivation and meaning of Bruckner's revisions -- 6 The 1892 edition, authorship, and performance practice -- Authorship -- The origins of the 1892 edition -- Notation, performance practice, and interpretation -- Instrumentation -- Dynamics -- Tempo markings -- Changing interpretive approaches and their significance (a short case study) -- Appendix A Haas's edition of the Eighth Symphony -- Appendix B Textual differences between the Finale in the 1890 version and the 1892 edition -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1 Placing the Eighth Symphony -- 2 The genesis and evolution of the Eighth Symphony.

3 The musical design and symphonic agenda of the Eighth -- 4 The Adagio and the sublime -- 5 The 1887 version and the 1890 version -- 6 The 1892 edition, authorship, and performance practice -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Select bibliography -- Index.