The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss

Long beloved by audiences, Richard Strauss inspired little scholarly activity until the mid 1980s, when there was a resurgence of interest on both sides of the Atlantic. This Companion reflects the latest research, showing Strauss's artistic personality to be richer and more complicated than has been previously acknowledged.

CONTENIDO:

Chronology of Strauss's life and career Charles Youmans

Part I. Background:
1. The musical world of Strauss's youth James Deaville
2. Strauss's compositional process Walter Werbeck
3. Maturity and indecision in the early works Wayne Heisler

Part II. Works:
4. The first cycle of tone poems David Larkin
5. The second cycle of tone poems James Hepokoski
6. Strauss's road to operatic success: Guntram, Feuersnot, and Salome Morten Kristiansen
7. The Strauss-Hofmannsthal operas Bryan Gilliam
8. Opera after Hofmannsthal Philip Graydon
9. 'Actually, I like my songs best': Strauss's Lieder Susan Youens
10. Last works Jürgen May

Part III. Perspectives:
11. Strauss's place in the twentieth century Alex Ross
12. Musical quotation and allusion in the works of Richard Strauss Günter Brosche
13. Strauss in the Third Reich Michael Walter
14. Strauss and the business of music Scott Warfield
15. Kapellmeister Strauss Raymond Holden
16. Strauss and the sexual body: the erotics of humor, philosophy, and ego-assertion Bryan Gilliam
17. Strauss and the nature of music Charles Youmans
Bibliography

Contributors:

Charles Youmans, James Deaville, Walter Werbeck, Wayne Heisler, David Larkin, James Hepokoski, Morten Kristiansen, Bryan Gilliam, Philip Graydon, Susan Youens, Jürgen May, Alex Ross, Günter Brosche, Michael Walter, Scott Warfield, Raymond Holden