Richard Strauss in Context
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Composers in Context
ISBN-10
1108422004
ISBN-13
9781108422000
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 29th, 2020
Print length
392 Pages
Weight
762 grams
Dimensions
15.90 x 23.50 x 2.70 cms
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A collection of specifically commissioned essays on a range of topics that contextualize the life and works of Richard Strauss, one of the most prolific composers of the past 150 years. Moving beyond biography, the chapters within explore facets of the music profession that are broadly applicable to musical studies of the era.
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.
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