{"product_id":"richard-strauss-9780714837949","title":"Richard Strauss","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis revealing biography examines the life and works of the influential German composer Richard Strauss (1864-1949), whose evocative tone poems and beautifully crafted operas have been somewhat tainted in the public's imagination following claims that the composer was a Nazi sympathizer. Strauss's compositions also courted controversy, in particular his setting of Oscar Wilde's outrageous play \u003ci\u003eSalome\u003c\/i\u003e. In this book Tim Ashley delves beneath Strauss's public persona, in order to further understand the truth behind the myths, and the ways in which the composer's personality and private life influenced his often sublime music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTim Ashley is a freelance writer and journalist. His work appears regularly in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eReview\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOpera\u003c\/i\u003e. He lectures widely on nineteenth- and twentieth-century German music and literature, and is the author of several opera librettos.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Phaidon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872767807762,"sku":"9780714837949","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b894a39-2d7a-40b7-b6b7-f1d9fae29ce9.jpg?v=1737909373","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/richard-strauss-9780714837949","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}