| Description |
xv, 340 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN |
9780521456593 hardback |
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0521456592 hardback |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Guntram and the crisis of German musical metaphysics -- Elan vital : Feuersnot, Salome, and radical individualism -- The way to the social : Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier -- Intermezzo : Ariadne and her transformations -- The marriage operas : Die Frau ohne Schatten, Intermezzo, and Die ägyptische Helena -- Composing without Hofmannsthal : Arabella and Die schweigsame Frau -- The politics of peace : Friedenstag and Daphne -- Opera in time of war : Die liebe der Danae and Capricci. |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in opera.
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| Library Class |
Music HS860
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| Subject |
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Operas.
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Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 -- Influence.
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Operas -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Opera -- Germany -- 19th century.
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Opera -- Germany -- 20th century.
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