The origins and roles of instrumental music in the operas of Richard Strauss / Malcolm Rowat ; with a foreword by John Deathridge.

By:

Rowat, Malcolm

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (250 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780773418820
0773418822

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

782.1092

LOC classification:

ML410.S93 R88 2012

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Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: Prologue; Chapter 2: Antecedents to Strauss's Personal and Musical Development; Chapter 3: The Road to Modernism; Chapter 4: First Cycle of Tone Poems; Chapter 5: The Initial Bridge to Opera- Guntram; Chapter 6: The Role of Instrumental Music in Opera; Chapter 7: Second Cycle of Tone Poems; Chapter 8: Return to the Opera House; Chapter 9: Tone Poem Interlude; Chapter 10: Operatic Breakthrough; Chapter 11: The Genesis of a Major Collaboration

Chapter 12: Return to Mozart?Chapter 13: Building on an Operatic Success; Chapter 14: The Ballet Diversion; Chapter 15: The Last Tone Poem?; Chapter 16: Ariadne Revisited; Chapter 17: Deepening Collaboration; Chapter 18: On His Own; Chapter 19: Collaborators Reunited; Chapter 20: Operatic Interlude; Chapter 21: The Gathering Storm; Chapter 22: Into the Darkness; Chapter 23: Opera for Connoisseurs; Chapter 24: War and Its Aftermath; Chapter 25: Final Thoughts; Chapter 26: Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Summary: The main purpose of this volume is to provide an overview to all of Richard Strauss's musical and operatic compositions. Usually the operas are ignored by scholars and composers who only perform his instrumental works. This book shows that there is incredible musical value in the operas as well. It also showcases his compositional style and techniques, as the author states, Strauss could compose while riding on a noisy train, he was just that talented.

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The main purpose of this volume is to provide an overview to all of Richard Strauss's musical and operatic compositions. Usually the operas are ignored by scholars and composers who only perform his instrumental works. This book shows that there is incredible musical value in the operas as well. It also showcases his compositional style and techniques, as the author states, Strauss could compose while riding on a noisy train, he was just that talented.

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