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In 'The Ballet Collaborations of Richard Strauss', Heisler considers Strauss's ballet scores alongside story, mise-en-scène, and choreography, revealing Strauss's shift from a parodic conception of classical dance in the years leading up to World War I to a belated obsession wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heisler, Wayne, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2009.
Series:Eastman studies in music ; v. 64.
Subjects:
Strauss, Richard, > 1864-1949. > Ballets.
Strauss, Richard > 1864-1949
Strauss, Richard.
Ballets (Strauss, Richard)
1900-1999
Ballets > 20th century > History and criticism.
Ballets > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Ballet.
MUSIC > General.
Ballets.
Aufführung
Ballettmusik
Ballett
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Richard Strauss, dance and ballet
  • Part one : becoming a ballet composer, 1895-1914. Strauss en route to Die Insel Kythere (The isle of Cythera, 1900) ; Josephslegende (The legend of Joseph, 1914), Léonide Massine, and the music box dancer
  • Part two : to drive away all cloudy thoughts, 1919-1941. The Strauss-Heinrich Kröller Ballettsoirée (1923) and interwar Viennese cultural politics ; Kitsch and Schlagobers (Whipped cream, 1924) ; Verstrausster Couperin, Verklingender Strauss, Verklungene Feste : Tanzvisionen aus zwei Jahrhunderten (Bygone celebrations : dance visions from two centuries, 1941).

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