Eine Alpensinfonie and Symphonia Domestica in Full Score

by Richard Strauss

Two symphonic masterworks employing vast orchestras, one powerfully portraying a day in the mountains, the other Strauss's day-to-day life at home with his wife, Pauline. Eine Alpensinfonie (1911-15) is nature painting on a grand scale, a magnificent showcase for Strauss's gifts for sumptuous orchestration. The Symphonia Domestica (1902-3), despite its broad instrumentation, has more of the intimate feel of a chamber work. The full orchestral...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486277259
• ISBN13: 9780486277257
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.4" x 12.1"