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The Origins and Roles of Instrumental Music in the Operas of Richard Strauss [electronic resource] : The Origins and Roles of Instrumental Music in the Operas of Richard Strauss
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rowat, Malcom.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Instrumentation and orchestration--History.
- Orchestral music--History and criticism.
- Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Operas.
- Symphonic poem.
- Instrumentation and orchestration.
- Orchestral music.
- Strauss, Richard.
- Local Subjects:
- Instrumentation and orchestration--History.
- Orchestral music--History and criticism.
- Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Operas.
- Symphonic poem.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The main purpose of this volume is to provide an overview to all of Richard Strauss's musical and operatic compositions. Usually the operas are ignored by scholars and composers who only perform his instrumental works. This book shows that there is incredible musical value in the operas as well. It also showcases his compositional style and techniques, as the author states, Strauss could compose while riding on a noisy train, he was just that talented.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1: Prologue; Chapter 2: Antecedents to Strauss's Personal and Musical Development; Chapter 3: The Road to Modernism; Chapter 4: First Cycle of Tone Poems; Chapter 5: The Initial Bridge to Opera- Guntram; Chapter 6: The Role of Instrumental Music in Opera; Chapter 7: Second Cycle of Tone Poems; Chapter 8: Return to the Opera House; Chapter 9: Tone Poem Interlude; Chapter 10: Operatic Breakthrough; Chapter 11: The Genesis of a Major Collaboration
- Chapter 12: Return to Mozart?Chapter 13: Building on an Operatic Success; Chapter 14: The Ballet Diversion; Chapter 15: The Last Tone Poem?; Chapter 16: Ariadne Revisited; Chapter 17: Deepening Collaboration; Chapter 18: On His Own; Chapter 19: Collaborators Reunited; Chapter 20: Operatic Interlude; Chapter 21: The Gathering Storm; Chapter 22: Into the Darkness; Chapter 23: Opera for Connoisseurs; Chapter 24: War and Its Aftermath; Chapter 25: Final Thoughts; Chapter 26: Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1882-2
- OCLC:
- 811491787
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