Richard Strauss. The Intimate Portrait

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Thames And Hudson
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 1989
Edition: Reprint

Description: 312 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: From the autobiographical opera, "Intermezzo", based on a domestic misunderstanding, to the self-confident tone poem, "Ein Heldenleben", Richard Strauss's works related to his personal experience as closely as any 19th-century romantic. This is a portrait of the man and his music. A large number of the illustrations are taken from the private archive of the Strauss family. They are woven around the text, which features anecdotes, quotations and personal reminiscences by members of the Strauss family and contemporaries. The result is an intimate investigation of the private life, opinions, background and works of Strauss.

ISBN: 0500281599