Overview
As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of Richard Stauss’s death, scholarly interest in the composer continues to grow. Despite what was once a tendency by musicologists to overlook or deny Strauss’s importance, these essays firmly place the German composer in the musical mainstream and situate him among the most influential composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Originally published in 1992, this volume examines Strauss’s life and work from a number of approaches and during various periods of his long career, opening up unique corridors of insight into a crucial time in German history. Contributors discuss Strauss as a young composer steeped in a conservative instrumental tradition, as a brash young modernist tone poet of the 1890s, as an important composer of twentieth-century German opera, and as a cultural icon manipulated by the national socialists during the 1930s and early 1940s. Individual essays use Strauss’s creative work as a framework for larger musicological questions such as the tension between narrative and structure in program music, the problem of extended tonality at the turn of the century, stylistic choice versus stylistic obligation, and conflicting perspectives of progressive versus conservative music. This collection will interest Strauss scholars, musicologists, and those interested in the artistic and cultural life of Germany from 1880 through the Second World War.Contributors. Kofi Agawu, GÜnter Brosche, Bryan Gilliam, Stephen Hefling, James A. Hepokoski, Timothy L. Jackson, Michael Kennedy, Lewis Lockwood, Barbara A. Peterson, Pamela Potter, Reinhold SchlÖtterer, R. Larry Todd
Full Product Details
Author: Bryan Gilliam
Publisher: Duke University Press
Imprint: Duke University Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 15.20cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9780822321149
ISBN 10: 0822321149
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 16 December 1997
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive
Availability: Out of stock
Reviews
Bryan Gilliam's compilation of essays on Richard Strauss's life and work promises broad scope and exciting reading. The first English-language volume of musicological essays on Strauss, it offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to varied perspectives of the composer's persona. . . . A fascinating insight into the diverse and lively discourse of Strauss scholarship [and] attractive to any reader interested in the artistic and cultural life of Germany from 1880-1945. <br>--Lydia D. Rohmer, Brio
Bryan Gilliam's compilation of essays on Richard Strauss's life and work promises broad scope and exciting reading. The first English-language volume of musicological essays on Strauss, it offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to varied perspectives of the composer's persona. . . . A fascinating insight into the diverse and lively discourse of Strauss scholarship [and] attractive to any reader interested in the artistic and cultural life of Germany from 1880-1945. --Lydia D. Rohmer, Brio
Author Information
Bryan Gilliam is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Music at Duke University.
