Richard Strauss 40 Songs

Special advisor to the edition was Evelyn Lear, a renowned Strauss interpreter. This is a newly researched, edited, and engraved edition of this major standard art song literature. There are historical notes included for each song describing pertinent circumstances of composition and first performances. Line-by-line literal translations are given at the head of each song. This is the best, most informative edition of Strauss songs ever assembled.