Richard Strauss in Context Kristiansen Morten
Richard Strauss in Context Kristiansen Morten 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…
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Richard Strauss in Context Kristiansen Morten
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. 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. One might say that it inverts the relationship between composer and context.
In short, readers will benefit from an elaboration of material that is either absent from or treated only briefly in existing publications. Likewise, Strauss's contributions to the concert hall are positioned within the broader development of the orchestra and trends in programmatic music. Through this supplemental and broader contextual approach, this book