Richard Strauss and His World

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Gilliam, BryanHrsg.

TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback

440 Seiten

Englisch

Princeton University Presserschienen am30.08.1992

Influencing musical life from the 1880s through the First World War and remaining productive into the 1940s, Richard Strauss enjoyed a remarkable career in a constantly changing artistic and political climate. This volume presents essays on Strauss' musical works and brings together letters and memoirs from various periods of the composer's life.mehr

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KlappentextInfluencing musical life from the 1880s through the First World War and remaining productive into the 1940s, Richard Strauss enjoyed a remarkable career in a constantly changing artistic and political climate. This volume presents essays on Strauss' musical works and brings together letters and memoirs from various periods of the composer's life.

Details

ISBN/GTIN978-0-691-02762-3

ProduktartTaschenbuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Princeton University Press

Erscheinungsjahr1992

Erscheinungsdatum30.08.1992

Seiten440 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 26 mm

Gewicht710 g

Artikel-Nr.12085613

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GenreTV/Film/Musik/Theater

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and AcknowledgmentsPt. IEssaysThe Enigmas of Richard Strauss: A Revisionist View3Daphne's Transformation33Structure and Program in Macbeth: A Proposed Reading of Strauss's First Symphonic Poem67Ruhe, meine Seele! and the Letzte Orchesterlieder90"Lass Er die Musi, wo sie ist": Pitch Specificity in Strauss138Richard Strauss and the Question164Pt. IILettersSelections from the Strauss-Thuille CorrespondenceA Glimpse of Strauss during His Formative Years193Selections from the Strauss-Gregor Correspondence: The Genesis of Daphne237Pt. IIIMemoirsRichard Strauss: The Man273Richard Strauss: Seer and Idealist280Richard Strauss at Eighty287The Last Visit with Richard Strauss295Pt. IVCriticism and ReceptionOn the Tone Poems of Richard Strauss305Strauss and the Viennese Critics (1896-1924): Reviews by Gustav Schoenaich, Robert Hirschfeld, Guido Adler, Max Kalbeck, Julius Korngold, and Karl Klaus311Elektra: A Study by Paul Bekker372Richard Strauss at Sixty406Index of Names and Compositions417List of Contributors425mehr

Kritik

This book of essays, letters, memoirs, and criticism is a most cordial study of Strauss and his music.... This is a significant book that gives readers a very positive assessment of a very important 20th-century composer.mehr