Strauss sources freely available online
Since January 1, 2020, the works of Richard Strauss have been in the public domain. The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) is therefore digitizing extensive source materials on the composer's oeuvre and making them freely available online.
The collection contains autograph sketches that have received little attention to date, including for the stage works Intermezzo, The Egyptian Helen and The Silent Woman. Strauss' letters to the General Music Director Ernst von Schuch and the Kapellmeister Hermann Kutzschbach can also be viewed. Alfred Roller's stage sketches and costume designs bring to life the stage action at the premiere of Der Rosenkavalier in Dresden.
Central sources are also the orchestral materials used since the premieres and first performances of ten stage works to date, including Salome, Elektra, Der Rosenkavalier, Die Frau ohne Schatten. These materials in the possession of the Staatskapelle Dresden were processed and published by the SLUB as part of the State Digitization Programme for Science and Culture of the Free State of Saxony.
Original article:
https://blog.slub-dresden.de/beitrag/2020/1/27/richard-strauss-gemeinfrei-slub-stellt-quellen-zu-leben-und-werk-des-komponisten-online/
Picture credits
Draft of the libretto for "Ägyptische Helena", 1927
SLUB, Mscr.Dresd.Aut.2815 (Public Domain Mark 1.0)
