[Programmes:] Elektra (Manhattan Opera House, New York, 1910); Cap al vespre & Las travesuras de Till euleuspiegel (Gran Teatre del Liceo, Barcelona, 1901); Symphonia Domestica, (Queen's Hall, London, 1905); Enoch Arden, Die Nacht...; Leider...; Also sprach Zarathustra (Grossen Muskvereins-Saale, Vienna, 1910; 1913; 1922); Don Juan, Ainsi parlait Zarathustra (Théatre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 1930); Der Rosenkavalier (Salzburg Festival, 1932); Don Juan, Burleske... (Royal Albert Hall, London, 1947).

Bookseller Notes

A testament to Richard Strauss' popularity in the New World and the Old, during the first half of the twentieth century, with many performances conducted by the composer himself. The Elektra programme is the most significant since it records the first performance of Strauss' expressionist opera in the US (January 25th, 1910), presented by Mr. Oscar Hammerstein, with a cast including Mariette Mazarin and Gustave Huberdeau. Several of the collected programmes are decoratively printed, particularly the Barcelona example, which includes a photograph of the composer with his signature in facsimile printed in blue opposite an attractive advertisement for soda syphon sparklets.