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587 pages 22 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-562) Period and surroundings. Survey ; The epochs and their culture ; Born at a time of change -- Beginnings. Childhood and youth ; From op. 1 to the "Burleske" -- "The great opportunist". Representative of the age ; Art and the people ; From the Kaiser's Reich to Hitler's ; War and peace -- Acknowledgment to life. "I want to spread happiness" ; Naturalism and realism ; Sensuousness ; Breadth, height and depth -- The heritage. Further development ; Mozart, Wagner and others ; The folk song ; The effect -- The workshop. "Genius is an industry" ; At work -- "Merry workshop". At the conductor's desk ; The spoken and written word -- The elements of style. Unity of style ; Melody ; Sound ; Harmony ; Melos and nervous counterpoint ; Instrumentation ; Rhythm ; Form -- Strauss the man. Appearance and characteristics ; Humanistic education ; Self-assessment ; In the family circle -- Programme music. Historical survey ; Music of reality ; Tone painting -- "The fiery pulse of youth". Aus Italien ; Don Juan ; Macbeth ; Tod und Verklärun ; Till Eulenspiegel ; Also speach Zarathustra -- Tone paintings. Don Quixote ; Ein Heldenleben

Author

Krause, Ernst, 1911-1997

Publisher

Crescendo Publishing Company

Published

1969

Language

EN

ISBN

9780875970240

Subjects

Music, Arts