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Richard Strauss : a musical life / Raymond Holden.

by Holden, Raymond.

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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2011.

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Conductors (Music) -- Germany -- Biography.

Composers -- Germany -- Biography.

Electronic Resource

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1112/2010052151-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1112/2010052151-d.html

9780300126426 (hbk.)

xiii, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Education and years of apprenticeship. A Munich childhood : education and early impressions ; A rising star : Meiningen (1885-1886) and first Munich period (1886-1889) ; Enfant terrible : Weimar (1889-1894) and Don Juan -- Maturity and cultural leader. A Mozart missionary : second Munich period (1894-1898) and Mozart style ; Cause célèbre : Erster Königlicher Kapellmeister at Berlin (1898-1908) and Salome ; At the summit : Generalmusikdirektor at Berlin (1908-1919) and Beethoven style ; A poisoned chalice : Vienna Staatsoper (1919-1924) and the performing version of Mozart's Idomeneo -- A world figure. A German abroad : touring (1885-1914) ; A tarnished icon? Touring and recording (1914-1947).

Renowned as the gifted composer of a string of masterworks, Richard Strauss (1864-1949) is less often remembered for his achievement as a major conductor. This book considers Strauss' career as a conductor and places it in relation to his life as a composer.

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