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245 0 0 _aRichard Strauss, Elektra /
_cedited by Derrick Puffett.
264 1 _aCambridge [Cambridgeshire] ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c[1989]
264 4 _c©1989
300 _avii, 179 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aCambridge opera handbooks
500 _aIncludes index.
504 _aBibliography: pages 168-172.
504 _aDiscography: pages 173-175.
505 0 _aGeneral 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.
520 _aThe 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.
600 1 0 _aStrauss, Richard,
_d1864-1949.
_tElektra.
_913294
700 1 _aPuffett, Derrick.
_913295
740 0 _aElektra.
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam023/89000499.html
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam024/89000499.html
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