Richard Strauss in context / edited by Morten Kristiansen, Joseph E. Jones.
| Other author/creator | Kristiansen, Morten, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Jones, Joseph E., editor. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2020. |
| Description | xxiv, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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| Series | Composers in context Composers in context. ^A1388670 |
| Contents | Part I: Family, friends, and collaborators. Family and upbringing / Chris Walton ; Formative influences / David Larkin ; Pauline de Ahna / Katharina Hottmann ; Close friends / Walter Werbeck ; Hofmannsthal / Ingeborg Haase and Dirk Hoffmann ; The other librettists / Kenneth Birkin ; Stage collaborators / Ryan M. Prendergast ; Champions / Bryan Gilliam -- Part II: Career stations. Munich and Garmisch / Sebastian Bolz ; Meiningen and Weimar / Michael Saffle ; Bayreuth / Ulrich Konrad ; Berlin / Dietmar Schenk ; Vienna / Joseph E. Jones -- Part III: Cultural engagement and musical life. Strauss as reader / Matthew Werley ; Antiquity / Jason Geary ; Philosophy and religion / Charles Youmans ; The Allgemeine Deutsche Musikverein / James Deaville ; The Genossenschaft Deutscher Tonsetzer / Manuela Schmidt -- Part IV: Professional and musical contexts. The composer / Jeremy R. Zima ; The conductor / Raymond Holden ; The orchestra / Scott Warfield ; Program music / Jonathan Kregor ; Post-Wagnerian opera / Morten Kristiansen ; The Lied / Jürgen May -- Part V: In history. Modernism / Peter Franklin ; Traditionalism / Leon Botstein ; World War I / Philip Graydon ; Nazi Germany / Erik Levi ; Lateness / Giangiorgio Satragni ; Reception / Franzpeter Messmer -- Part VI: Artifacts and legacy. Publishers and editions / Andreas Pernpeintner and Stefan Schenk ; Letters / Claudia Heine and Adrian Kech ; In performance / Raymond Holden ; Influence / Ben Winters ; 2001: A Space Odyssey and beyond / Charles Youmans ; Scholarly directions / Matthew Werley -- Appendix: Letters bibliography. |
| Abstract | This book 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-353) and index. |
| LCCN | 2020016728 |
| ISBN | 9781108422000 hardback |
| ISBN | 1108422004 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781108434461 paperback |
| ISBN | 1108434460 paperback |
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| ISBN | (PDF ebook) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S93 R497 2020 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |