Richard Strauss
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Music lessons in a Munich household provide the starting point for Herbert F. Peyser's short biography of Richard Strauss. His mother, Josephine, taught him piano, while his father, Franz, brought the influence of a skilled horn player with strong opinions about Wagner. Peyser describes the child's early compositions, schoolwork and chamber music, then follows the change in his musical outlook as he studied Wagner's scores. These family details place artistic development within the routines and arguments of daily life.
The account also turns to the practical business of creating and staging music. Its discussion of Feuersnot connects the opera's wordplay with the musical life of Munich, while the pages on Salome consider the choice of a dramatic text, experiments in harmony and difficulties during rehearsals. Written in 1952, the book combines biographical episodes with critical judgments about particular works. It offers readers interested in opera and orchestral music a compact introduction to Strauss through his education, creative decisions and encounters with performers.
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- Herbert F. Peyser
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