The Life of Richard Strauss (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521578950)

Richard Strauss' successful conducting and composing career spanned one of the most fascinating stretches of modern German history, from oil lamps to atomic energy, from a young empire to a divided Germany. This biography covers Strauss' early musical development, his emergence as a tone poet in the late nineteenth century, his turn to the stage at the beginning of the twentieth century, the successes and misfires of the post-World War I era, the turbulent 1930s, and the period of the Second World War and its aftermath.

Author: Bryan Gilliam
ISBN-10: 0521578957
ISBN-13: 9780521578950
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/19/1999
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.45w x 0.55d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/01/2000