Kenneth Birkin

Richard Strauss, Arabella

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A full synopsis of the work provides an insight into the psychological motivation of the drama and an impression of the musical shape and substance of the opera.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 235g
• ISBN-13: 9780521335775
• ISBN-10: 0521335779
• Artikelnr.: 21663755

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Dramatis personae
Abbreviations
1. Strauss and Hofmannsthal: the collaborative background
2. Synopsis
3. Literary sources
4. The Arabella collaboration
5. The structure of the opera
6. Analysis: technique and expression
7. The Act 3 sketchbook
8. Premiere and aftermath
9. Critical reactions
10. An interpretative assessment
Appendices
Notes
Select bibliography
Discography
Index.