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Richard Strauss A Concise Biography
Title
Richard Strauss [electronic resource (video)] : A Concise Biography / Hossick, Malcolm.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2006.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (35 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 05, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
This program from the Famous Composers series introduces the life and work of German composer Richard Strauss, born to a horn player, Franz Strauss, in 1864. The film sheds light on Strauss' childhood in Munich, which revolved around the boy's musical education. His father's conservative tastes played a large role in shaping the composer, but also kept him away from the important influence of Wagner until later in life. By 1883 he left Munich for Berlin, where he began conducting and eventually met the soprano Paline de Ahna. They were married in 1894 and the relationship had a great influence on Strauss' work. The film explores Strauss' complex experience in Nazi Germany, as he opposed the Nazi mission but hoped to benefit from their support of German arts and culture, and his surge of production before his death in 1949.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Hossick, Malcolm, 2006.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Famous Composers
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
11 & up.
Contents
Richard Strauss' Beginnings (3:54)
Strauss' Early Education (3:28)
Strauss' Apprenticeship (3:02)
Strauss, Composer and Conductor (2:53)
Strauss' Public and Personal Life (2:46)
Censorship of Strauss' Garners Great Interest (4:12)
Strauss and Modernism (2:08)
Nazis Suppress Strauss (3:03)
Strauss' Final Years (3:10)
Credits: Richard Strauss: A Concise Biography (0:29)
Overview of Richard Strauss' Works (5:00)
Videorecording number
44009 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Hossick, Malcolm
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