| Description |
xvi, 569 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Biographical notes -- The Busoni connection -- One-act operas -- "Songspiel" -- Plays with music -- Epic opera -- Didactic theater ("Lehrstück") -- Stages of exile -- Musical plays -- Stage vs. screen -- American opera -- Concept and commitment -- Coda -- Appendix : Weill's works for stage or screen. |
| Summary |
In the first musicological study of Kurt Weill's complete stage works, Stephen Hinton charts the full range of theatrical achievements by one of twentieth-century musical theater's key figures. Hinton shows how Weill's experiments with a range of genres--from one-act operas and plays with music to Broadway musicals and film-opera--became an indispensable part of the reforms he promoted during his brief but intense career. Confronting the divisive notion of "two Weills"--one European, the other American--Hinton adopts a broad and inclusive perspective, establishing criteria that allow aspects of continuity to emerge, particularly in matters of dramaturgy. Tracing his extraordinary journey as a composer, the book shows how Weill's artistic ambitions led to his working with a remarkably heterogeneous collection of authors, such as Georg Kaiser, Bertolt Brecht, Moss Hart, Alan Jay Lerner, and Maxwell Anderson [Publisher description] |
| Subject |
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Musical theater -- History -- 20th century.
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Musical theater. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| ISBN |
9780520271777 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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0520271777 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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9780520951839 (ebook) |
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0520951832 (ebook) |
| Standard No. |
40020606898 |
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