Tone Poems in Full Score, Series I: Don Juan, Tod Und Verklarung, & Don Quixote (Dover Music Scores) [Paperback]

Richard Strauss (Author), Music Scores (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Music Scores | Publication Date: June 1, 1979

Three of the most often performed and recorded works in entire orchestral repertoire, reproduced in full score from original editions. Study score.

Product Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486237540
• ISBN-13: 978-0486237541
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #578,005 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this score, December 7, 2001

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Hermes Camacho "MusicianHermes" (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tone Poems in Full Score, Series I: Don Juan, Tod Und Verklarung, & Don Quixote (Dover Music Scores) (Paperback)

A great score, with no errors and very large, readable print. Great companion for listeners, music students, and conductors alike.

The score is very large (9 3/8 x 12 1/4) and lays flat on a stand or table. Highly reccommended!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Tone Poems Of Richard Strauss, August 11, 2003

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Alan Beggerow (Sterling, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tone Poems in Full Score, Series I: Don Juan, Tod Und Verklarung, & Don Quixote (Dover Music Scores) (Paperback)

No music truly exists in a book. The composer puts his directions on paper, and the musician tries his best to do what the composer has directed to do. Play this note high, this note low, this note long, this note short, etc. Music is an art that really doesn't exist until it comes to life through the time it takes to perform it. Like a seed, the score of an orchestral work lies dormant until the musician(s) plant it, nurture it through performance.

For the few that can read a score like the rest of us read a newspaper, the music can come alive in the imagination of their inner ear. For the rest of us mortals, following the score while the music plays can help us 'see' the tree come to life with our ears and revel in all of the life and vitality it contains.

The tone poems of Richard Strauss are like vast, sprawling trees. There is no need to follow a score to admire the beauty of the trees. If that were so, symphony orchestras would pass out copies of the score to the audience and keep the lights on. But following the score is like climbing right up into the tree. You can see the diversity, the details, and even look down at the ground and realize where you are.

So to be able to appreciate these masterpieces on a different level, following the score can be a revelation. Dover's edition of these tone poems is inexpensive, of good quality, and I especially like the large format. If you try to follow a miniature score of these works, you best have really great eyes or a magnifying glass. These are vast, romantic works, and Strauss uses a very large orchestra. So the large format is much easier to read and follow.

So if you ever have the urge to get closer to these masterpieces, then by all means let the Dover edition of the scores be your guide. Your efforts to climb the tree will be well rewarded!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb is the word!, July 7, 2000

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Carl-oscar Gustavsson (Sweden) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tone Poems in Full Score, Series I: Don Juan, Tod Und Verklarung, & Don Quixote (Dover Music Scores) (Paperback)

Richard Strauss knew how to make symphonic music with great drama as well as humour. The three grand symphonic masterpieces of this edition just has it all. Dare I say that some of the music in Tod Und Verklarung is some of the most beautiful and heartbreaking music ever written? And how about the great humor revealed in Don Quixote? Richard Strauss truly is a master of the orchestra. If you don't believe me, have a look yourself. It just hardly get any better than this. Thank you Dover for this excellent book!