{"product_id":"richard-strauss-an-intimate-portrait-9780500281598","title":"Richard Strauss: An Intimate Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Strauss (1864 -1949) always claimed that his music was a self-portrait  that he depicted himself  his nature  and his world in musical notes. From the charming autobiographical opera Intermezzo  based on a domestic misunderstanding  to the self-confident tone poem Ein Heldenleben  the composers works relate to his personal experience as closely as those of any nineteenth-century Romantic. For the huge audience that enjoys the music of Strauss  Kurt Wilhelms book has proved to be a cornucopia of information. Many of the numerous illustrations--taken from the private archive of the Strauss family--have never been published previously  and all are of immense historical interest. Skillfully woven around them is a detailed and revealing text  rich in anecdotes  quotations  and personal reminiscences by members of the Strauss family and contemporaries. The result is an intimate investigation of the private life  opinions  background  and works of Strauss that comes as close to the man as one is likely to get.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647402762293,"sku":"ByrdShop_0500281599","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780500281598.jpg?v=1781692378","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/richard-strauss-an-intimate-portrait-9780500281598","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}