Richard Strauss, Arabella

by Kenneth Birkin

This 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521335779
• ISBN13: 9780521335775
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"