Format:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (140 p.))
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Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780511620218
Series Statement:
Cambridge Music Handbooks
Content:
Richard Strauss's tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra is one of his most controversial works. Its greatest popularity has been achieved when its connection with Nietzsche's book of the same name has seemed less relevant than its associations with Kubrick's film 2001 - A Space Odyssey. Although its early critical reception was mixed, it is nowadays one of the staples of the virtuoso orchestra, and a standard demonstration piece for innovations in recording technique. Its opening bars have become a kind of icon independent of the rest of the work. This guide examines the intellectual background of the work and considers ways in which it has been received by composers and writers, notably Romain Rolland and Bartok. It also discusses the musical background of Liszt and Wagner which gave rise to the genre, 'tone poem', and provides an analysis of several aspects of Strauss's musical language
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521400763
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521409353
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Williamson, John, 1949 - Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 1993 ISBN 0521400767
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521409357
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521400763
Language:
English
Subjects:
Musicology
Keywords:
Strauss, Richard 1864-1949 Also sprach Zarathustra
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511620218
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