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Richard Strauss, Elektra / edited by Derrick Puffett.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge opera handbooksPublisher: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1989]Copyright date: ©1989Description: vii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521351731
  • 0521359716 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.10924 19 R
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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