Charles Youmans (Ph.D. 1996), Associate Professor of Music at Penn State, has recently published "Mahler & Strauss: In Dialogue."
Mahler & Strauss: In Dialogue was released by Indiana University Press in September 2016. The book "reconstructs the 24-year relationship between Mahler and Strauss" using a wealth of documentary material. Charles Youmans's research deals with musical aesthetics in late nineteenth-century Germany and Austria. More information about Youmans and his work can be found on his Penn State website.