Richard Strauss in Context

Morten Kristiansen, Joseph E. Jones

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English

Cambridge University Press
29 October 2020

Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900); 20th century & contemporary classical music; Opera; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Series: Composers in Context

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.

Edited by: Morten Kristiansen, Joseph E. Jones
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 760g
ISBN: 9781108422000
ISBN 10: 1108422004
Series: Composers in Context
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 29 October 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Morten Kristiansen and Joseph E. Jones; Part I. Family, Friends and Collaborators: 1. Family and upbringing Chris Walton; 2. Formative influences David Larkin; 3. Pauline de Ahna Katharina Hottmann; 4. Close friends Walter Werbeck; 5. Hofmannsthal Ingeborg Haase and Dirk Hoffmann; 6. The other librettists Kenneth Birkin; 7. Stage collaborators Ryan Prendergast; 8. Champions Bryan Gilliam; Part II. Career Stations: 9. Munich and Garmisch Sebastian Bolz; 10. Meiningen and Weimar Michael Saffle; 11. Bayreuth Ulrich Konrad; 12. Berlin Dietmar Schenk; 13. Vienna Joseph E. Jones; Part III. Cultural Engagement and Musical Life: 14. Strauss as reader Matthew Werley; 15. Antiquity Jason Geary; 16. Philosophy and religion Charles Youmans; 17. Allgemeiner deutscher musikverein James Deaville; 18. Genossenschaft deutscher tonsetzer Manuela Schmidt; Part IV. Professional and Musical Contexts: 19. The composer Jeremy Zima; 20. The conductor Raymond Holden; 21. The orchestra Scott Warfield; 22. Program music Jonathan Kregor; 23. Post-wagnerian opera Morten Kristiansen; 24. The lied Jürgen May; Part V. In History: 25. Modernism Peter Franklin; 26. Traditionalism Leon Botstein; 27. World War I Philip Graydon; 28. Nazi Germany Erik Levi; 29. Lateness Giangiorgio Satragni; 30. Reception Franzpeter Messmer; Part VI. Artifacts and Legacy: 31. Publishers and editions Andreas Pernpeintner and Stefan Schenk; 32. Letters Claudia Heine and Adrian Kech; 33. In performance Raymond Holden; 34. Influence Ben Winters; 35. 2001: A space odyssey and beyond Charles Youmans; 36. Scholarly directions Matthew Werley; Index.

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-siècle 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 siècle, and he is a co-editor of Genetic Criticism and the Creative Process (2009).