The tone poems of Richard Strauss rank with the finest orchestral compositions ever created. This volume conveniently brings together for the first time three of these major works, reproduced from complete and authentic first editions. Never before have these important works been available in a full-sized, inexpensive edition. Included in this volume are Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks); Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra); and Ein Heldenleben (A Hen's Life). Also included are new English translations of the preamble to Also sprach...
The tone poems of Richard Strauss rank with the finest orchestral compositions ever created. This volume conveniently brings together for the first...
This inexpensive edition of Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier, " one of the greatest masterpieces in the operatic repertoire, is reprinted directly from the definitive vocal score prepared by Otto Singer, approved by Strauss, and published by Adolph Furstner in 1911, the year of the opera's Dresden premiere. "Der Rosenkavalier" is the Bavarian composer's most popular operatic work. In his operas, songs, and symphonic poems, the aesthetics of the Romantic movement were to reach their ultimate expression. A radiant and bittersweet celebration of love, the opera was Strauss's most...
This inexpensive edition of Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier, " one of the greatest masterpieces in the operatic repertoire, is reprinted directly...