TY - BOOK AU - Puffett,Derrick TI - Richard Strauss, Elektra T2 - Cambridge opera handbooks SN - 0521351731 U1 - 782.10924 19 PY - 1989///] CY - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Strauss, Richard, N1 - Includes index; Bibliography: pages 168-172; Discography: pages 173-175; General preface; List of illustrations; Introduction; 1. Elektra's story P. E. Easterling; 2. Hofmannsthal's Elektra: From Sophocles to Strauss Karen Forsyth; 3. The music of Elektra: some preliminary thoughts; 4. Synopsis; 5. Dramatic structure and tonal organisation Arnold Whittall; 6. The musical language of Elektra (with an analysis of the Klytaemnestra scene) Tethys Carpenter; 7. Elektra's voice: music and language in Strauss's opera Carolyn Abbate; 8. The orchestration of Elektra: a critical interpretation Robin Holloway; Notes; Bibliography; Discography Malcolm Walker; Index N2 - The contributions to this handbook bring together a full-length study of Elektra in English. The volume examines the many facets of one of Richard Strauss's most complex operas UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam023/89000499.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam024/89000499.html ER -