Richard Strauss
Subtitle: a musical life
By: Raymond Holden
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780300126426
Subjects: Composers; Conductors (Music); Biography
Notes: Includes discography (p. [229]-230), bibliographical references (p. [298]-306), and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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; title: A world figure. A German abroad : touring (1885-1914) ; A tarnished icon? Touring and recording (1914-1947).