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Richard Strauss: A Musical Life Hardcover – Illustrated, June 7, 2011

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3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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Renowned today as the gifted composer of a string of masterworks, Richard Strauss (1864-1949) is less often remembered for his achievement as a major conductor. Yet he held important conducting posts in Munich, Berlin, and Vienna and influenced generations of younger conductors. This important book is the first to consider Strauss's career as a conductor and place it in relation to his life as a composer.

With unique access to extensive materials in the Strauss family's private archives, Raymond Holden corrects misconceptions about Strauss and discusses the musician's understanding of composing and conducting as intertwined processes. Holden throws new light on Strauss's relationships, on his disputed role during the Third Reich, and particularly on his performance practices and principles.

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    344 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Yale University Press
  4. Publication date
    June 7, 2011
  5. Dimensions
    6.55 x 1.25 x 9.45 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0300126425
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0300126426
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"In this meticulously documented book, Holden . . . provides a fascinating, year-by-year account of Strauss's several prestigious positions. . . . Recommended for music collections."—Larry Lipkis, Library Journal -- Larry Lipkis ― Library Journal

"[Holden] has clearly, and with Teutonic thoroughness, read everything even halfway relevant . . . balm to the soul."—R.J. Stove, American Conservative -- R.J. Stove ― American Conservative

Won a 2013 Certificate of Merit for Best Research in Recorded Classical Music given by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. -- Best Historical Research in Classical Music ― Association for Recorced Sound Collections Published On: 2013-04-05

“This book should appeal to a broad readership. Holden writes in a style that will be accessible to non-specialists . . . while serious students of Strauss will find a previously neglected side of this musician illuminated to a remarkable degree.” ―Scott Warfield, Notes -- Scott Warfield ― Notes Published On: 2013-03-25

About the Author

Raymond Holden is associate head of research, Royal Academy of Music, London, and a leading authority on Richard Strauss. He is author of The Virtuoso Conductors: The Central European Tradition from Wagner to Karajan, published by Yale University Press. He lives in London.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; Illustrated edition (June 7, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300126425
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300126426
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.55 x 1.25 x 9.45 inches
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Lawrence D. Ink
1.0 out of 5 stars Too much minutia
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2011
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I was very disappointed with this biography because Holden presents so much minutia about Strauss' markings on the scores he conducted from, and lists of what music he conducted, that there is little information about Strauss the man and composer. The appendix has many pages of musical examples, something I normally like to see. But in this case, all of the musical examples show markings Strauss made in scores of Mozart and Beethoven. There is not one example of Strauss' music. One would think, from reading this biography, that Strauss was primarily a conductor and his composing was secondary. Does one really need to know what Strauss wrote in the score of Don Giovanni for one of Donna Elvira's recitatives and arias? I would rather read about Der Rosenkavalier and Salome when I'm reading a Strauss biography.

The book is also much shorter than it appears. Although the book has 316 pages, there are only 162 pages of text. Everything else is notes and bibliography. Since half the text presents trivia about Strauss' notes in scores, and metronome markings for the tempos of recordings he made, there is little material about his life.
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John Blessing
4.0 out of 5 stars Most educational for one not previously very familiar with Richard Strauss
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2014
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Was used as reading assignment in course I'm taking. It was well written and thoroughly covered Strauss' life and musical style. It was easily understood, and I learned a lot from it.
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huw
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book if you arer interested in Strauss the conductor.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2014
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This book fills a vacuum. There are some excellent general biographies of Strauss (Kennedy for example). Norman Del Mar's classic gives a detailed (if rather dated) musicological analysis of the works. We have the recordings of Strauss himself conducting his own works and some Beethoven and Mozart. What this book tells us in great detail is exactly what works Strauss conducted throughout his career. Strauss was not just a composer: like Mahler he was also a great conductor. For those not interested in the detail of his conducting career, this is NOT a book for you. For me, it fills in a gap I have long wanted to know. Raympnd Holden has gone through season by season, orchestra by opera house, tour by tour, getting the exact programs. He also pulls together Strauss's correspondence on the matter and the material relating to his conducting. I for one am so pleased that Holden has done this work for us.
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3.0 out of 5 stars I was quite disappointed as i would have thought that there would have ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 28, 2018
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I was quite disappointed as i would have thought that there would have been serious discussion of the composer's interpretations on record, especially of his own works, along the lines of the marvellous scholarship by Robert Philip. Why not? As far as it goes it is interesting re his interpretative style, but nowhere enough in my opinion. So disappointing, the life-story has been told so often this sounded like it would be a new take but apart from the examples from the compser's own performing scores of a few works, nada in depth really!!! Even his late performance of the Capriccio excerpt is missing....
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5.0 out of 5 stars As described
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2015
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