Richard Strauss: Arabella
Part of Cambridge Opera Handbooks
- Author: Kenneth Birkin
- Date Published: November 1989
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521335775
Paperback
Looking for an inspection copy?
Please email [email protected] to enquire about an inspection copy of this book
-
This is the first comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss's Arabella. The opening chapters explore the literary background of the work, and examine the Strauss–Hofmannsthal collaboration. Arabella is seen as the culmination of specific ideas and techniques: an attempt to win something of the subtlety of the spoken theatre for the operatic stage and to find a balance between words and music. A full synopsis of the work provides an insight into the psychological motivation of the drama and an impression of the musical shape and substance of the opera. More detailed analytical comment considers Strauss's 'long-range' tonal procedures and his use of key and Motiv for characterisation, allusion and particular expressive purposes. Special features of this guide are a comentary on one of the Strauss Arabella sketchbooks and an investigation of a series of as yet unpublished letters from Strauss to Böhm, Krauss and Fanto.
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: November 1989
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521335775
- length: 180 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 138 x 13 mm
- weight: 0.26kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Dramatis personae
Abbreviations
1. Strauss and Hofmannsthal: the collaborative background
2. Synopsis
3. Literary sources
4. The Arabella collaboration
5. The structure of the opera
6. Analysis: technique and expression
7. The Act 3 sketchbook
8. Premiere and aftermath
9. Critical reactions
10. An interpretative assessment
Appendices
Notes
Select bibliography
Discography
Index.
Related Books
related journals
also by this author
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email [email protected]
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×