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9781580467148
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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 with Romantic-era ballet in its aftermath. Heisler explores issues central to Strauss's relationship to modernism: his mining in 'Die Insel Kythere' (1900) of the decorative aspects of dance, suggesting a shared sensibility with fin-de-siècle Jugendstil and a critique of Romanticism; the dynamics of collective creation and Strauss's penchant for parody in relation to 'Josephslegende' (1914); his stance on interwar cultural politics through the 1923 'Ballettsoirée' and 'Schlagobers' (1924); and 'Verklungene Feste' (1941) as this composer's autumnal meditation on the conceit of music and dance as vehicles for transcendence. 'The Ballet Collaborations of Richard Strauss' is a richly interdisciplinary study that promises to nuance the popular, critical, and academic reception of this ever-popular composer. Wayne Heisler Jr. is assistant professor and Coordinator of Historical and Cultural Studies in Music at The College of New Jersey
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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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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781580463218
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9781580463218
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
Strauss, Richard 1864-1949
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Ballett
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