Strauss / Laurenz Lütteken ; translated by Erik Butler.

Author/creator Lütteken, Laurenz author.
Other author Butler, Erik, 1971- translator.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Descriptionxiv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949--Criticism and interpretation.

Uniform titleRichard Strauss. English
SeriesMaster musicians
Master musicians series. ^A260201
Contents Preface -- Postscript to the English translation -- Introduction: Problems -- Between patriciate and aristocracy -- The end of the nineteenth century: leaving traditional genres behind -- The poetry of imagination: Lieder -- Music and life: the Kapellmeister and his duties -- Poetry of the real: the tone poems -- Music without metaphysics: the path to opera -- "The social achieved": Strauss und Hofmannsthal -- New mythology and the plasticity of music -- Music and reality -- After Hofmannsthal's death -- Metamorphosen and the end of history -- Appendix A: Biographical timeline -- Appendix B: Catalog of works -- Appendix C: Personalia.
Abstract Richard Strauss is an outlier in the context of twentieth century music. Some consider him a composer of the late romantic period, while others declare him a traitor of modernity for his role in National Socialism. Despite the controversy surrounding him, Strauss's works-even beyond his most well-known operas Elektra and Rosenkavalier-are present in the repertories of concert halls worldwide and continue to enjoy large audiences. The details of the composer's life, however, remain shrouded in mystery and gossip. Laurenz Lutteken's Strauss presents a fresh approach to understanding this elusive composer's life and works. Dispensing with stereotypes and sensationalism, it reveals Strauss to be a sensitive intellectual and representative of modernity, with all light and shade of the turn of the twentieth century.
General noteTranslated from the German.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2018027781
ISBN9780190605698 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN0190605693 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic publication

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Music Music Stacks ML410.S93 L8813 2019 ✔ Available Place Hold