The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss

ISBN-13: 9780521728157 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 370 str.

Charles Youmans

Opis

Summarizing the recent resurgence of scholarly interest in Strauss, this volume focuses on genres, social context, and perennially controversial topics.

Recenzje

'The contributions are both up to date in their scholarship and eminently readable, while the copious notes to each chapter provide invaluable links to further research.' Music and Letters

Spis treści

Chronology of Strauss's life and career Charles Youmans; Part I. Background: 1. The musical world of Strauss's youth James Deaville; 2. Strauss's compositional process Walter Werbeck; 3. Maturity and indecision in the early works Wayne Heisler; Part II. Works: 4. The first cycle of tone poems David Larkin; 5. The second cycle of tone poems James Hepokoski; 6. Strauss's road to operatic success: Guntram, Feuersnot, and Salome Morten Kristiansen; 7. The Strauss-Hofmannsthal operas Bryan Gilliam; 8. Opera after Hofmannsthal Philip Graydon; 9. 'Actually, I like my songs best': Strauss's Lieder Susan Youens; 10. Last works Jürgen May; Part III. Perspectives: 11. Strauss's place in the twentieth century Alex Ross; 12. Musical quotation and allusion in the works of Richard Strauss Günter Brosche; 13. Strauss in the Third Reich Michael Walter; 14. Strauss and the business of music Scott Warfield; 15. Kapellmeister Strauss Raymond Holden; 16. Strauss and the sexual body: the erotics of humor, philosophy, and ego-assertion Bryan Gilliam; 17. Strauss and the nature of music Charles Youmans; Bibliography.