Table Of ContentRICHARD STRAUSS IN CONTEXT
RichardStraussinContextoffersadistinctiveapproachtothestudyof
a composer, placing the emphasis on contextualizing topics rather
thanonbiographyandartistic output.One mightsaythatitinverts
the relationship between composer and context. Rather than studies
of Strauss’s librettists that discuss the texts and his musical settings,
for instance, this book offers essays on the writers themselves: their
biographical circumstances, styles, landmark works, and broader
positions in literary history. Likewise, Strauss’s contributions to the
concert hall are positioned within the broader development of the
orchestra and trends in programmatic music. In short, readers will
benefit from an elaboration of material that is either absent from or
treatedonlybrieflyinexistingpublications.Withitscontextuallyrich
approach, this book serves as a valuable and unique resource for
students, scholars, and ageneral readership.
is Associate Professor of Musicology and
director of the music program at Xavier University in Cincinnati,
Ohio. In addition to conference papers and journal articles on
Richard Strauss and fin-de-siècle German opera, he has authored
program notes for theSalzburg Festival.
. is Associate Professor of Music at Texas A&M
University-Kingsville where he also serves as director of an annual
studyabroadprograminVienna.HisresearchareasincludeGerman
opera and the fin de siècle, and he previously coedited Genetic
Criticism andthe Creative Process ().
Published online by Cambridge University Press
Understanding and appreciation of musical works isgreatly enhanced by knowl-
edgeofthecontextwithinwhichtheircomposerslivedandworked.Eachofthese
volumesfocusesonanindividualcomposer,offeringlively,accessible,andconcise
essaysbyleadingscholarsonthemanycontexts–professional,political,intellec-
tual,social,andcultural–thathaveabearingonhisorherwork.Biographicaland
musicalinfluences, performance andpublishinghistory, and thecreative afterlife
ofeachcomposer’sworkarealsoaddressed,providingreaderswithamulti-faceted
view of how the composers’ output and careers were shaped by the world
around them.
Titles forthcomingin the series
Beethoven inContext, edited by and .
Liszt in Context, edited by
Mahler in Context, edited by
Stravinsky inContext,edited by
Published online by Cambridge University Press
RICHARD STRAUSS IN
CONTEXT
MORTEN KRISTIANSEN
XavierUniversity
JOSEPH E. JONES
TexasA&MUniversity-Kingsville
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RICHARD STRAUSS IN CONTEXT
RichardStraussinContextoffersadistinctiveapproachtothestudyof
a composer, placing the emphasis on contextualizing topics rather
thanonbiographyandartistic output.One mightsaythatitinverts
the relationship between composer and context. Rather than studies
of Strauss’s librettists that discuss the texts and his musical settings,
for instance, this book offers essays on the writers themselves: their
biographical circumstances, styles, landmark works, and broader
positions in literary history. Likewise, Strauss’s contributions to the
concert hall are positioned within the broader development of the
orchestra and trends in programmatic music. In short, readers will
benefit from an elaboration of material that is either absent from or
treatedonlybrieflyinexistingpublications.Withitscontextuallyrich
approach, this book serves as a valuable and unique resource for
students, scholars, and ageneral readership.
is Associate Professor of Musicology and
director of the music program at Xavier University in Cincinnati,
Ohio. In addition to conference papers and journal articles on
Richard Strauss and fin-de-siècle German opera, he has authored
program notes for theSalzburg Festival.
. is Associate Professor of Music at Texas A&M
University-Kingsville where he also serves as director of an annual
studyabroadprograminVienna.HisresearchareasincludeGerman
opera and the fin de siècle, and he previously coedited Genetic
Criticism andthe Creative Process ().
Published online by Cambridge University Press
Understanding and appreciation of musical works isgreatly enhanced by knowl-
edgeofthecontextwithinwhichtheircomposerslivedandworked.Eachofthese
volumesfocusesonanindividualcomposer,offeringlively,accessible,andconcise
essaysbyleadingscholarsonthemanycontexts–professional,political,intellec-
tual,social,andcultural–thathaveabearingonhisorherwork.Biographicaland
musicalinfluences, performance andpublishinghistory, and thecreative afterlife
ofeachcomposer’sworkarealsoaddressed,providingreaderswithamulti-faceted
view of how the composers’ output and careers were shaped by the world
around them.
Titles forthcomingin the series
Beethoven inContext, edited by and .
Liszt in Context, edited by
Mahler in Context, edited by
Stravinsky inContext,edited by
Published online by Cambridge University Press
RICHARD STRAUSS IN
CONTEXT
MORTEN KRISTIANSEN
XavierUniversity
JOSEPH E. JONES
TexasA&MUniversity-Kingsville
Published online by Cambridge University Press
UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridge,UnitedKingdom
OneLibertyPlaza,thFloor,NewYork,,USA
WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC,Australia
–,rdFloor,Plot,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi–,India
AnsonRoad,#-/,Singapore
CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge.
ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof
education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence.
www.cambridge.org
Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/
:./
©CambridgeUniversityPress
Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception
andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,
noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten
permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.
Firstpublished
PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJInternationalLtd,PadstowCornwall
AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.
LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
:Kristiansen,Morten,editor.|Jones,JosephE.,editor.
:RichardStraussincontext/editedbyMortenKristiansen,JosephE.Jones.
:[.]|NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress,.|
:Composersincontext|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
:(print)|(ebook)|
(hardback)|(paperback)|(epub)
::Strauss,Richard,-–Criticismandinterpretation.|
Strauss,Richard,––Friendsandassociates.|Musicians–Germany.
:.(print)|.S(ebook)|
.–dc
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LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/
----Hardback
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ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication
anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,
accurateorappropriate.
Published online by Cambridge University Press
RICHARD STRAUSS IN CONTEXT
RichardStraussinContextoffersadistinctiveapproachtothestudyof
a composer, placing the emphasis on contextualizing topics rather
thanonbiographyandartistic output.One mightsaythatitinverts
the relationship between composer and context. Rather than studies
of Strauss’s librettists that discuss the texts and his musical settings,
for instance, this book offers essays on the writers themselves: their
biographical circumstances, styles, landmark works, and broader
positions in literary history. Likewise, Strauss’s contributions to the
concert hall are positioned within the broader development of the
orchestra and trends in programmatic music. In short, readers will
benefit from an elaboration of material that is either absent from or
treatedonlybrieflyinexistingpublications.Withitscontextuallyrich
approach, this book serves as a valuable and unique resource for
students, scholars, and ageneral readership.
is Associate Professor of Musicology and
director of the music program at Xavier University in Cincinnati,
Ohio. In addition to conference papers and journal articles on
Richard Strauss and fin-de-siècle German opera, he has authored
program notes for theSalzburg Festival.
. is Associate Professor of Music at Texas A&M
University-Kingsville where he also serves as director of an annual
studyabroadprograminVienna.HisresearchareasincludeGerman
opera and the fin de siècle, and he previously coedited Genetic
Criticism andthe Creative Process ().
Published online by Cambridge University Press
Understanding and appreciation of musical works isgreatly enhanced by knowl-
edgeofthecontextwithinwhichtheircomposerslivedandworked.Eachofthese
volumesfocusesonanindividualcomposer,offeringlively,accessible,andconcise
essaysbyleadingscholarsonthemanycontexts–professional,political,intellec-
tual,social,andcultural–thathaveabearingonhisorherwork.Biographicaland
musicalinfluences, performance andpublishinghistory, and thecreative afterlife
ofeachcomposer’sworkarealsoaddressed,providingreaderswithamulti-faceted
view of how the composers’ output and careers were shaped by the world
around them.
Titles forthcomingin the series
Beethoven inContext, edited by and .
Liszt in Context, edited by
Mahler in Context, edited by
Stravinsky inContext,edited by
Published online by Cambridge University Press
