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Re-rating Richard part III: Strauss, personality and politics

by Kenneth Woods | Aug 12, 2011 | A view from the podium

  Part III- Strauss’s personality and politics are as misunderstood as they are talked about. (Part I- “He was no Mahler, he was no Wagner” is here” Part III  Strauss- Innovation and Absolute Music is here) Richard Strauss’s music is an intergral and...
Re-rating Richard part II: Strauss, innovation and absolute music.

Re-rating Richard part II: Strauss, innovation and absolute music.

by Kenneth Woods | Aug 12, 2011 | A view from the podium

Part II- Strauss and Modernity, Strauss and Program Music (Part I- “He was no Mahler, he was no Wagner” is here”) Richard Strauss’s music is an intergral and popular part of the modern concert repertoire, and yet, he remains one of our most...
Re-rating Richard part II: Strauss, innovation and absolute music.

Re-rating Richard part I: Strauss, he was no Mahler, he was no Wagner.

by Kenneth Woods | Aug 11, 2011 | A view from the podium

Part I- He was no Mahler, he was no Wagner. Richard Strauss’s music is an intergral and popular part of the modern concert repertoire, and yet, he remains one of our most misunderstood and underrated composers. We all know the case against Richard Strauss: he was no...

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