Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Klappentext This guide examines the intellectual background of Strauss's tone poem and considers ways in which it has been received by composers and writers! notably Romain Rolland and Bartok. Zusammenfassung This guide examines the intellectual background of Strauss's tone poem and considers ways in which it has been received by composers and writers! notably Romain Rolland and Bartok. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. 'Freely after Nietzsche'; 2. The Straussian tone poem as drama; 3. Strauss's individualism; 4. Composition and first performances; 5. Reception; 6. Narratives; 7. Structures; 8. Rhetoric; 9. Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Williamson
• Assisted by: Julian Rushton (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1993
• EAN: 9780521409353
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40935-3
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Cambridge Music Handbooks
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous