Richard Strauss : a musical life / Raymond Holden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holden, Raymond.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Strauss, Richard.

Conductors (Music)--Germany--Biography.

Conductors (Music).

Germany.

Composers--Germany--Biography.

Composers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2011]

Summary:

Renowned today as the gifted composer of a string of masterworks, Richard Strauss (1864-1949) is less often remembered for his achievement as a major conductor. Yet he held important conducting posts in Munich, Berlin, and Vienna and influenced generations of younger conductors. This important book is the first to consider Strauss's career as a conductor and place it in relation to his life as a composer. With unique access to extensive materials in the Strauss family's private archives, Raymond Holden corrects misconceptions about Strauss and discusses the musician's understanding of composing and conducting as intertwined processes. Holden throws new light on Strauss's relationships, on his disputed role during the Third Reich, and particularly on his performance practices and principles.

Contents:

Education and years of apprenticeship. A Munich childhood : education and early impressions ; A rising star : Meiningen (1885-1886) and first Munich period (1886-1889) ; Enfant terrible : Weimar (1889-1894) and Don Juan

Maturity and cultural leader. A Mozart missionary : second Munich period (1894-1898) and Mozart style ; Cause célèbre : Erster Königlicher Kapellmeister at Berlin (1898-1908) and Salome ; At the summit : Generalmusikdirektor at Berlin (1908-1919) and Beethoven style ; A poisoned chalice : Vienna Staatsoper (1919-1924) and the performing version of Mozart's Idomeneo

A world figure. A German abroad : touring (1885-1914) ; A tarnished icon? Touring and recording (1914-1947).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [298]-306), discography (pages [229]-230) and index.

ISBN:

9780300126426

0300126425

OCLC:

670481457