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Mio Continuo

Le monde est fait pour aboutir à un beau livre... - Stéphane MALLARMÉ

Mio Continuo

Le monde est fait pour aboutir à un beau livre... - Stéphane MALLARMÉ

nyphil:

Head Case
Today marks the 149th anniversary of the birth of composer Richard Strauss, who can be heard on two separate programs in the New York Philharmonic’s upcoming 2013-14 season: First up in November, Alan Gilbert conducts both Also sprach Zarathustra and Don Juan, following which Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos steps in to lead Ein Heldenleben in December (both of these concerts are also highlights of our concertmaster Glenn Dicterow’s farewell season).
Seen here in a caricature from the New York Philharmonic Digital Archives that played on his famous and scandalous opera Salome, Strauss had a relationship with his wife (soprano Pauline de Ahna) that often became stranger than drama. One famous story recounted by Elizabeth Lunday describes a particularly famous row in de Ahna’s dressing room. Several orchestra musicians intervened following a bout of screams and crashes to tell their maestro that, out of loyalty, they would no longer play for any production involving Pauline.
“That distresses me,” replied Strauss, “as I have just become engaged to Fraulein de Ahna.”

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