Richard Strauss, by Alan Jefferson

Published by Macmillan London Limited 1975, large (275 x 240 mm) hardcover with dustjacket, slightly worn and there is a slight tear on the back, handwritten gift inscription inside, otherwise very good condition. “Richard Strauss, composer and conductor, is best known for his dramatic, sensual operas.” “Strauss’s private life – his difficult and dominating wife, his friendship with Mahler, his political troubles under the Nazis – is set in the context of an era of great cultural change. The text is complemented with nearly 100 black and white photographs and sixteen pages of colour.”