The life of Richard Strauss / Bryan Gilliam.
| Author/creator |
Gilliam, Bryan Randolph |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999. |
| Description | vii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Musical lives Musical lives. ^A389495 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Musical development and early career -- 'Onward and away to ever-new victories': Strauss's emergence as a tone poet -- The rise of an opera composer -- Between two empires: Strauss in the 1920s -- After Hofmannsthal: personal and political crises -- 'Now the day has made me tired': the War and its aftermath. |
| Abstract | This biography covers Strauss's early musical development, his emergence as a tone poet in the late nineteenth century, his turn to the stage at the beginning of the twentieth century, the successes and misfires of the post-World War I era, the turbulent 1930s, and the period during the Second World War and its aftermath. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-192) and index. |
| LCCN | 98047947 |
| ISBN | 0521570190 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0521578957 (paperback) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S93 G53 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |