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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...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Composers in context. |
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| Summary: |
"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"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xxiv, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781108422000 1108422004 9781108434461 1108434460 |
| Index Number: | ML410 |
| CLC: | J605.516 |
| Call Number: | J605.516/R513 |
| Contents: |
Family, friends, and collaborators. Family and upbringing / Formative influences / Pauline de Ahna / Close friends / Hofmannsthal / The other librettists / Stage collaborators / Champions / Career stations. Munich and Garmisch / Meiningen and Weimar / Bayreuth / Berlin / Vienna / Cultural engagement and musical life. Strauss as reader / Antiquity / Philosophy and religion / The Allgemeine Deutsche Musikverein / The Genossenschaft Deutscher Tonsetzer / Professional and musical contexts. The composer / The conductor / The orchestra / Program music / Post-Wagnerian opera / The Lied / In history. Modernism / Traditionalism / World War I / Nazi Germany / Lateness / Reception / Artifacts and legacy. Publishers and editions / Letters / In performance / Influence / 2001: a space odyssey and beyond / Scholarly directions / |