(Vocal Collection). Special advisor to the edition: Evelyn Lear, renowned Strauss interpreter. A newly researched, edited and engraved edition of this major, standard art song literature. There are historical notes included for each song describing pertinent circumstances of composition and first pe[...]
Three important orchestral works, including very popular "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks," reproduced in full score from original editions. This volume and its companion volume make available for the first time in convenient, inexpensive editions all the important Strauss tone poems. Study score.[...]
(Vocal Collection). Special advisor to the edition: Evelyn Lear, renowned Strauss interpreter. A newly researched, edited and engraved edition of this major, standard art song literature. There are historical notes included for each song describing pertinent circumstances of composition and first pe[...]
Two symphonic masterworks employing vast orchestras, one powerfully portraying a day in the mountains, the other Strauss's day-to-day life at home with his wife, Pauline. "Eine Alpensinfonie"(1911-15) is nature painting on a grand scale, a magnificent showcase for Strauss's gifts for sumptuous orche[...]
In this groundbreaking work, Richard L. Velkley examines the complex philosophical relationship between Martin Heidegger and Leo Strauss. Velkley argues that both thinkers provide searching analyses of the philosophical tradition's origins in radical questioning. For Heidegger and Strauss, the recov[...]
This biography is the first to consider Strauss's career as a conductor and place it in relation to his life as a composer.[...]
Great operatic masterpiece reprinted complete and unabridged from rare, limited and numbered full-score edition (for solo voice, chorus and orchestra), approved by Strauss. Published by AdolphFurstner, Paris and Berlin, 1910. First inexpensive, high-quality edition.
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The most influential work of its kind ever written, appraising the musical qualities and potential of over 60 commonly used stringed, wind, and percussion instruments. 150 illustrative full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and others. Foreword by Richard Straus[...]
"The Woman Without a Shadow," Strauss's magical fairy-tale opera, stars a pair of childless couples and features a supporting cast of spirits, secret messengers, and disembodied voices -- all bringing to life a dreamlike landscape in a series of intimate vignettes. The opera, which premiered in 1919[...]
"Die Frau ohne Schatten" (The Woman without a Shadow) is widely regarded as Richard Strauss's finest score. This enchanting opera stars a pair of childless couples plus a supporting cast of spirits, secret messengers, and disembodied voices in a dreamlike landscape. The opera, which premiered in 191[...]
Most often recognized as the theme to "2001--A Space Odyssey, " this monumental tone poem (based on Nietszche's work of the same name) is an epic of nine continuous sections. The work evolves as a musical survey of mankind, ranging from contemplative Gregorian chant movements to the burlesques of th[...]
This book re-evaluates a figure whom the author considers to be the greatest composer of the twentieth century. Kennedy deals fully with Strauss's life as leading composer and national figure in the Third Reich, during which he was both feted and cold-shouldered by the authorities. In putting this p[...]
This is the first comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss?s Arabella. The opening chapters explore the literary background of the work, and examine the Strauss?Hofmannsthal collaboration. Arabella is seen as the culmination of specific ideas and techniques: an attempt to win something of the subtlety[...]
Richard Strauss is a composer much loved among audiences throughout the world, both in the opera house and the concert hall. Despite this popularity, Strauss was for many years ignored by scholars, who considered his commercial success and his continued reliance on the tonal system to be liabilities[...]
Richard Strauss is a composer much loved among audiences throughout the world, both in the opera house and the concert hall. Despite this popularity, Strauss was for many years ignored by scholars, who considered his commercial success and his continued reliance on the tonal system to be liabilities[...]
The comb binding creates a lay-flat book that is perfect for study and performance.