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Chapter 29 - Lateness

from Part V - In History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2020

By
Giangiorgio Satragni
Edited by
Morten Kristiansen  and
Joseph E. Jones
Morten Kristiansen
Affiliation:
Xavier University, Cincinnati
Joseph E. Jones
Affiliation:
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
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Summary

Richard Strauss's late operatic and instrumental works exemplify a positive meaning of lateness in the context of creative production: not to be "late" in an artistic or stylistic sense, but rather a fulfillment and purification of both compositional technique and content. Discussing Strauss's lateness in the larger context of the musical and philosophical debate (considering the positions of Gottfried Benn, Theodor Adorno, and Edward Said, as well as Auguste Rodin's ideas on antiquity), the author offers a new perspective in joining that intense period of the composer with James Hillman's consideration of aging as the culmination of a creative life. Thus, Strauss's last period exemplifies what the American psychologist calls the "force of character."

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LatenessCreativityAntiquityEternityJames HillmanTheodor AdornoEdward SaidGottfried BennAugust Rodin
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Richard Strauss in Context , pp. 266 - 272
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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