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Richard Strauss, the Staging of His Operas and Ballets

Richard Strauss, the Staging of His Operas and Ballets
Author: Rudolf Hartmann
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1981
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

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Here is the definitive account of all of Strauss's dramatic works--fifteen operas and two ballets. Whenever possible, the author has included illustrations of the first performance and premiere as well as the work's evolution through various stages. His discussions of the individual works are based on a thorough examination of the sources, many hitherto unknown. In addition, he provides a brief synopsis of each to further help the reader. No one who loves the work of Strauss can do without this essential book.


The Ballet Collaborations of Richard Strauss

The Ballet Collaborations of Richard Strauss
Author: Wayne Heisler
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2009
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1580463215

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A richly interdisciplinary study of Strauss's contributions to ballet, his collaboration with prominent dance artists of his time, and his explorations of musical modernism.


Richard Strauss in Context

Richard Strauss in Context
Author: Morten Kristiansen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 653
Release: 2020-10-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1108386490

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Richard Strauss in Context offers a distinctive approach to the study of a composer in that it places the emphasis on contextualizing topics rather than on biography and artistic output. One might say that it inverts the relationship between composer and context. Rather than studies of Strauss's librettists that discuss the texts themselves and his musical settings, for instance, this book offers essays on the writers themselves: their biographical circumstances, styles, landmark works, and broader positions in literary history. Likewise, Strauss's contributions to the concert hall are positioned within the broader development of the orchestra and trends in programmatic music. In short, readers will benefit from an elaboration of material that is either absent from or treated only briefly in existing publications. Through this supplemental and broader contextual approach, this book serves as a valuable and unique resource for students, scholars, and a general readership.


The Life of Richard Strauss

The Life of Richard Strauss
Author: Bryan Gilliam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1999-08-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521578950

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Richard Strauss saw an empire come and go, survived two world wars, witnessed the rise and fall of the Weimar Republic, endured the period of National Socialism, and died the year that Germany was officially divided into two separate states. All the while he enjoyed a successful career as composer, as conductor of international stature, as organizer for the rights of composers, and as colleague of and collaborator with some of the most important composers, writers, and artists of his day. This biography covers Strauss's early musical development, his emergence as a tone poet in the late nineteenth century, his turn to the stage at the beginning of the twentieth century, the successes and failures of the post-World War I era, the turbulent 1930s, and the period of the Second World War and its aftermath.


Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss
Author: Michael Kennedy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2006-11-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0521027748

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This book re-evaluates a figure whom the author considers to be the greatest composer of the twentieth century. Kennedy deals fully with Strauss's life as leading composer and national figure in the Third Reich, during which he was both fêted and cold-shouldered by the authorities. In putting this period into perspective he draws heavily on hitherto ignored material, including Strauss's own letters and diaries. In addition he reveals much about Strauss's long, happy but tempestuous marriage to the soprano Pauline de Ahna as well as tracing the important relationships to his librettists Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Stefan Zweig, Joseph Gregor and Clemens Krauss. Kennedy reassesses the man and the music, revealing a picture of a level-headed, practical and extremely versatile musician - a great conductor as well as a great composer.


An Invitation to the Opera, Revised Edition

An Invitation to the Opera, Revised Edition
Author: John Louis DiGaetani
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2015-11-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476619549

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In its revised third edition, this volume argues that an appreciation of opera is based on understanding of several key aspects: history, language, theatrical production, the power of the conductor, vocal tradition and standard repertory. This unique approach is intended for the newcomer curious about the art form. The author discusses how opera has changed in the last three decades and how it is now more easily enjoyed than ever before. Originally published in 1986, this book has been translated into four languages and has been used as an "Introduction to Opera" text in college classrooms around the world.


Richard Strauss: Salome

Richard Strauss: Salome
Author: Derrick Puffett
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1989-10-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521359702

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This first full-length study of Salome in English since Lawrence Gilman's (1907) moves from historical and literary analysis to critical appraisal and includes a synopsis, bibliography and discography.


The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera

The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera
Author: Roger Parker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 618
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780192854452

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A historical survey of opera, from its beginnings in Florence 400 years ago, up to opera in the 1990s.


Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss
Author: Derrick Puffett
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1989
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521359719

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The contributions to this handbook bring together a full-length study of Elektra in English. The volume examines the many facets of one of Richard Strauss's most complex operas. First, P. E. Easterling surveys the mythological background, while Karen Forsyth discusses Hofmannsthal's adaptation of his sources. The second part brings the music to the fore. Derrick Puffett offers an introductory essay and synopsis; Arnold Whittall considers the tonal and dramatic structure of the composition; Tethys Carpenter explores the musical language of the work in detail, with special focus given to part of the Klytaemnestra scene. The third part of the volume offers two contrasting critical essays: Carolyn Abbate provides an interpretation informed by her recent work on narrative, and Robin Holloway analyses Strauss's orchestration of the opera. The book also contains a discography and an appendix of excerpts from the Strauss-Hofmannsthal correspondence.