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Richard Strauss: The Two Concertos for Horn and

Orchestra
Gary A. Greene
Butler University

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 HICHARD Sl'R.!.I.USS;

THE THO CONCLIl'fOS FOR HOHN

AND ORGHESTHA

A THESIS

PRESENTED TO

THE FACULTY OF JORDAN COLLEGE OF FINE ~lTS

BUTLER UNIVERSITY

IN PARTIAL FULFILU1ENT

OF REQUIREHENTS f'OR THE DEGHEE

OF
HASTER OF HUSIC
IN
MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE

GARY A. GREENE

JULY 1, 1978

Name of candidate:

.................G.ary. ..A G.r:.een.e. .

Oral examination:

Date .July... 2.1., l9.78 ..

Chairman

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Thesis approved in final form:

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 CONTENTS

Acknowledgements iv

Chapter One 1
A Brief Biography of Richard'Strauss

Chapter Two 15
The First Concerto

Chapter Three 32
The Second Concerto

C:hapter Four 49
Some Comparisons With Other Solo Works For Horn

Sources Consulted 60

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 SOURCES CONSULTED

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on His Life and Horl{s. 3 vols. London: Barrie and
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24 January 1978.
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19 December 19770

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Musicians. London: l'lacMillan, 1975.

Krause, Ernst. Richard Straus~~ The Man and Bi~ \Jor~.

Transla ted by John Coombs. London: Collet IS, 196~.

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New York: Simon and Schuster,~7-o- -

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Reflections@ New York: Boosey and Hawkes, 1953.

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1955.
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