Richard Strauss in Context
Richard Strauss in Context
Richard Strauss in Context offers a distinctive approach to the study of a composer in that it places the emphasis on contextualizing topics rather than on biography and artistic output. One might say that it inverts the relationship between composer and context. Rather than studies of Strauss's librettists that discuss the texts themselves and his musical settings, for instance, this book offers essays on the writers themselves: their biographical circumstances, styles, landmark works, and broader positions in literary history. Likewise, Strauss's contributions to the concert hall are positioned within the broader development of the orchestra and trends in programmatic music. In short, readers will benefit from an elaboration of material that is either absent from or treated only briefly in existing publications. Through this supplemental and broader contextual approach, this book serves as a valuable and unique resource for students, scholars, and a general readership.
- Readers will benefit from a variety of perspectives and approaches to contextualizing the life and works of Richard Strauss
- Written by a team of experts, chapters focus on context rather than biography, analysis, or other traditional areas of inquiry
- Organised around key themes which range from family, friends and collaborators, to artefacts and legacy
Reviews & endorsements
'The essays are excellent and sure to be of interest to readers at all levels … Highly recommended.' S. Edwards, Choice
Product details
October 2020Hardback
9781108422000
392 pages
235 × 157 × 13 mm
0.76kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface Morten Kristiansen and Joseph E. Jones
- Part I. Family, Friends and Collaborators:
- 1. Family and upbringing Chris Walton
- 2. Formative influences David Larkin
- 3. Pauline de Ahna Katharina Hottmann
- 4. Close friends Walter Werbeck
- 5. Hofmannsthal Ingeborg Haase and Dirk Hoffmann
- 6. The other librettists Kenneth Birkin
- 7. Stage collaborators Ryan Prendergast
- 8. Champions Bryan Gilliam
- Part II. Career Stations:
- 9. Munich and Garmisch Sebastian Bolz
- 10. Meiningen and Weimar Michael Saffle
- 11. Bayreuth Ulrich Konrad
- 12. Berlin Dietmar Schenk
- 13. Vienna Joseph E. Jones
- Part III. Cultural Engagement and Musical Life:
- 14. Strauss as reader Matthew Werley
- 15. Antiquity Jason Geary
- 16. Philosophy and religion Charles Youmans
- 17. Allgemeiner deutscher musikverein James Deaville
- 18. Genossenschaft deutscher tonsetzer Manuela Schmidt
- Part IV. Professional and Musical Contexts:
- 19. The composer Jeremy Zima
- 20. The conductor Raymond Holden
- 21. The orchestra Scott Warfield
- 22. Program music Jonathan Kregor
- 23. Post-wagnerian opera Morten Kristiansen
- 24. The lied Jürgen May
- Part V. In History:
- 25. Modernism Peter Franklin
- 26. Traditionalism Leon Botstein
- 27. World War I Philip Graydon
- 28. Nazi Germany Erik Levi
- 29. Lateness Giangiorgio Satragni
- 30. Reception Franzpeter Messmer
- Part VI. Artifacts and Legacy:
- 31. Publishers and editions Andreas Pernpeintner and Stefan Schenk
- 32. Letters Claudia Heine and Adrian Kech
- 33. In performance Raymond Holden
- 34. Influence Ben Winters
- 35. 2001: A space odyssey and beyond Charles Youmans
- 36. Scholarly directions Matthew Werley
- Index.
