Richard Strauss

Description: Richard Strauss Very Good - Text Unmarked - Binding and Cover Clean and Tight - Musical Notation, Illustrated - Ready to Ship By -- Herbert F. Peyser Published by -- The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, New York, 1952, 56 Pages, Musical Notation, Illustrated, Staple-Bound, 6" X 4" X .12", 2 oz. [FOREWORD]"Strauss lived well beyond the scriptural age allotted the average man. He would have been 86 had he reached his next birthday. There was nothing romantic or sensational about his passing, for he died of a complication of the illnesses of old age. There was not much truly spectacular about the course of his life, which was most happily free from the material troubles which bedeviled the existence of so many great masters; and he was not called upon to starve or to struggle to achieve the material rewards of his gifts. He had not to pass through the conflicts which embittered the lives of Wagner or Berlioz, and he was never compelled to suffer like Mozart or Schubert. There is no record of his ever humiliating himself or performing degrading chores for publishers in return for a wretched pittance. He had wealth enough without compromising his art to keep the pot boiling and for this one can only feel devoutly thankful. (...) However Richard Strauss compares in the last analysis with this or that master he contributed to the language of music idioms, procedures and technical accomplishments typical of the confused years and conflicting ideals out of which they were born. His works are most decidedly of an age, whether or not they are for all time!" #Bookworm #RichardStrass #Strauss #collectiblebooks #booksforsale #Libretto #instabooks #Antiquarian #Biography #bookcollecting #CuttleboneBooks #PhilharmonicSymphonySocietyOfNewYork #Bookstagram #Books #Philharmonic #booksale #HerbertFPeyser #Vintage #bibliophile #Orchestra #BooksBooksBooks #instaread #Rare #ClassicalComposer #readersofinstagram #Opera #Scarce #PhilharmonicSymphony #ClassicalMusic

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