Ariadne Auf Naxos in Full Score

Richard Strauss

Courier Corporation, Jan 1, 1993 - Music - 299 pages

One of the composer's most highly regarded operas, with a libretto by Hugo von Hoffmansthal that artfully intermingles backstage comedy, the lofty emotions of Greek mythology and the merry pranks of a troupe of commedia dell’arte players. Strauss endowed these antic proceedings with a luminous score that combines music of great satiric wit with breathtaking flights of lyricism. Reprinted from the definitive full-score edition published by Adolph Furstner following the opera's 1916 premiere at the Vienna State Opera.

About the author

A leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, Richard Strauss (1864–1949) is known for his operas (Der Rosenkavalier and Salome), Lieder, tone poems, and orchestral works.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ariadne Auf Naxos in Full Score; Dover Music Scores Series; Dover books on opera
• Author: Richard Strauss
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Courier Corporation, 1993
• ISBN: 0486275604, 9780486275604
• Length: 299 pages
• Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Classical; Music / Instruction & Study / Composition; Music / Printed Music / Opera & Classical Scores