Title:
Richard Strauss : an owner's manual / David Hurwitz.
Author:
Hurwitz, David, 1961- author.
Publication Information:
Milwaukee, WI : Amadeus Press, an imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation, 2014.
Call Number:
ML410.S93 H87 2014
ISBN:
9781574674422
Series:
Unlocking the masters series ; no. 25
Unlocking the masters series ; no. 25.
Physical Description:
xi, 186 pages ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.).
Contents:
Introduction. A first-class second-rate composer? -- Orchestral music without voices. Symphonies, concertos, and serenades ; Tone poems I : people ; Tone poems II : places and things -- Theatrical and vocal music (operas, ballets, suites, and songs). Strauss and the German operatic tradition ; The Greek operas : six heroines: Iphigenia, Elektra, Ariadne, Helen, Daphne, and Danae ; Old Vienna (and Paris) : Der Rosenkavalier, Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Schlagobers, Couperin suites, Arabella, and Capriccio ; Exoticism and eroticism : Salome, Josephs Legende, and Die Frau ohne Schatten ; Domestic comedies : Feuersnot, Intermezzo, and Die schweigsame Frau ; War and peace : Friedenstag and Guntram ; Over forty gorgeous songs with orchestra (who knew?) -- Appendix. Starting a Strauss collection.
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