Author : Bryan Gilliam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780198166023
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (66 download)
Book Synopsis Richard Strauss's Elektra. Studies in Music Genesis and Structure by : Bryan Gilliam
Download or read book Richard Strauss's Elektra. Studies in Music Genesis and Structure written by Bryan Gilliam and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elektra was the fourth of fifteen operas by Strauss and opened his successful partnership with the librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Gilliam's study of this major work examines its musical-historical context and also provides a detailed analysis of some of its musical features. He establishesa chronology of the evolution of the opera and places it in the larger framework of German opera of the time. His detailed examination of the sketchbooks enables him to offer fresh insight into Strauss's use of motifs and overall tonal structure. In so doing he shows how the work's arrestingdissonance an.