{"product_id":"richard-strauss-arabella-paperback-9780521335775","title":"Richard Strauss: Arabella (Paperback) 9780521335775","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRichard Strauss: Arabella\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss's opera, Arabella.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKenneth Birkin (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521335775, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 14 September 1989\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.8 x 1.3 cm, 0.26 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first comprehensive guide to Richard Strauss's Arabella. The opening chapters explore the literary background of the work, and examine the Strauss–Hofmannsthal collaboration. Arabella is seen as the culmination of specific ideas and techniques: an attempt to win something of the subtlety of the spoken theatre for the operatic stage and to find a balance between words and music. A full synopsis of the work provides an insight into the psychological motivation of the drama and an impression of the musical shape and substance of the opera. More detailed analytical comment considers Strauss's 'long-range' tonal procedures and his use of key and Motiv for characterisation, allusion and particular expressive purposes. Special features of this guide are a comentary on one of the Strauss Arabella sketchbooks and an investigation of a series of as yet unpublished letters from Strauss to Böhm, Krauss and Fanto.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Dramatis personae\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Strauss and Hofmannsthal: the collaborative background\u003cbr\u003e 2. Synopsis\u003cbr\u003e 3. Literary sources\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Arabella collaboration\u003cbr\u003e 5. The structure of the opera\u003cbr\u003e 6. Analysis: technique and expression\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Act 3 sketchbook\u003cbr\u003e 8. Premiere and aftermath\u003cbr\u003e 9. Critical reactions\u003cbr\u003e 10. An interpretative assessment\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Discography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004587266328,"sku":"9780521335775","price":29.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521335775i_a58ca971-ef65-4c2f-a386-c58cbcb81df5.jpg?v=1691375271","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/richard-strauss-arabella-paperback-9780521335775","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}