Richard Strauss in Context

Hardback

Main Details

Title Richard Strauss in Context
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Morten Kristiansen
Edited by Joseph E. Jones
SeriesComposers in Context
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:392
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 157
Category/GenreRomantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
20th century and contemporary classical music
Opera
Bands, groups and musicians
ISBN/Barcode 9781108422000
ClassificationsDewey:780.92
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 29 October 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Morten Kristiansen is Associate Professor of Musicology and director of the music program at Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. In addition to conference papers and journal articles on Richard Strauss and fin-de-siecle German opera, he has authored program notes for the Salzburg Festival. Joseph E. Jones is Associate Professor of Music at Texas A&M University-Kingsville where he also serves as director of an annual study abroad program in Vienna. His research areas include German opera and the fin de siecle, and he is a co-editor of Genetic Criticism and the Creative Process (2009).

Reviews

'The essays are excellent and sure to be of interest to readers at all levels ... Highly recommended.' S. Edwards, Choice