Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Bibliographies and Guides to Resources
- Ortner, Oswald. Richard Strauss Bibliographie.Vienna: C. Prachner, 1964–
- 2v. ISBN 3-8511-91102. ML134 .S93 O77.
V.1, 1882–1944; v.2, 1944–1964. A thorough bibliography of 3,463 items,
hailed by Del Mar (#1698) as “absolutely complete.” Topical arrangement
(each opera has a separate section), then chronological. For books the publish-
ers and pagination are given; for articles the pagination is not always included.
Each volume has a name/title/topic/place index.
Collections of Essays
1694.Richard Strauss and His World.Ed. Bryan Gilliam. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton
U.P., 1992. xi, 425p. ISBN 0-691-09146-3. ML410 .S896 R44.
Consists of 12 essays by various scholars. Two are about Daphne: Bryan
Gilliam, “Daphne’s Transformation,” and a selection of letters between
Strauss and librettist Joseph Gregor. The other operatic item is Paul Bekker,
“Elektra: A Study.” Indexed.
1695.Richard Strauss: New Perspectives on the Composer and His Work.Ed. Bryan
Gilliam. Durham, N.C.: Duke U.P., 1992. ISBN 0-8223-1207-7. ML410 .S896
R56.
A collection of 10 essays by various scholars. Three are on operatic matters:
Reinhold Schlotterer, “Ironic Allusions to Italian Opera in the Musical Come-
dies of Richard Strauss”; Lewis Lockwood, “The Element of Time in Der
Rosenkavalier”; and Bryan Gilliam, “Strauss’s Intermezzo: Innovation and
Tradition.” Indexed.Periodicals
1696.Richard Strauss-Blätter, 1–, June 1971–. Vienna: Internationale Richard
Strauss Gesellschaft, 1971–. Irregular. ML410 .S93 R518.
Publisher varies. A new (semiannual) series began with numbering from 1–,
in June 1979. The earlier series, which ended December 1978, had articles in
both German and English, in parallel columns. The Neue Folgearticles are in
either German or English, without translations. The content has been primar-
ily short notices, discographies, and bibliographies, with feature articles of a
few pages in length. RILM10–4 (1976): 516, 612–613, gives complete con-
tents of v.1–8. Material of research interest is entered separately below.Letters and Documents
- Brosche, Günter, and Karl Dachs. Richard Strauss Autographen in München
und Wien: Verzeichnis.Tutzing: Schneider, 1979. xv, 378p. ML134 .S83 B87.
An inventory of manuscripts and letters, arranged by library, in Munich and
Vienna; full bibliographic descriptions. Also 31 letters printed in full for the
first time.
See also #255.
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