The Life of Richard Strauss
Part of Musical Lives
- Author: Bryan Gilliam, Duke University, North Carolina
- Date Published: October 1999
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521570190
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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.
Read more- 1999 celebrates 50 years since Strauss's death
- Contains previously unpublished, information
- Provides a fresh, clear, balanced view of Strauss's relationship with the Third Reich
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' … well written, informative and perceptive … After this admirable book, the reader can return to listening to Strauss with added enjoyment.' Contemporary Review
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- Date Published: October 1999
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521570190
- length: 212 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.42kg
- contains: 18 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Musical development and early career
2. 'Onward and away to ever-new victories': Strauss's emergence as a tone poet
3. The rise of an opera composer
4. Between two empires: Strauss in the 1920s
5. After Hofmannsthal: personal and political crises
6. 'Now the day has made me tired': the War and its aftermath.
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