Alban Berg : Wozzeck / Douglas Jarman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge opera handbooksPublication details: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.Description: ix, 181 p. : ill., music ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0521241510
  • 0521284813 (pbk.)
  • 9780521284813
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 782.1092 20 JAR
LOC classification:
  • ML410.B47 J3 1989
Online resources:
Contents:
CONTENTS : 1. Introduction -- 2. The play and the libretto -- 3. Musical background and composition -- 4. Synopsis -- 5. The formal design -- 6. Act III scene 4: an analysis -- 7. A suggested interpretation -- 8. Stage history: the premiere and subsequent performances -- Documents : Georg Büchner (1901) / Karl Emil Franzos -- Wozzeck and Woyzeck (1914) / Hugo Beiber -- Alban Berg and Anton von Webern (1922) / Erwin Stein -- Alban Berg's 'Wozzeck' (1923) / Fritz Heinrich Klein -- Alban Berg's 'Wozzeck': a contribution to the problem of opera (1923) / Ernst Viebig -- Creating atonal opera (1924) / Emil Petschnig -- The musical forms in my opera 'Wozzeck' (1924) / Alban Berg -- A word about 'Wozzeck' (1927) / Alban Berg -- A lecture on 'Wozzeck' (1929) / Alban Berg -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Index.
Summary: A clear and accessible introduction to one of the most significant operas of the twentieth century.
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Books Books Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library General Stacks Non-fiction 782.1092 JAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A03129

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 175-176.

Discography: p. 177.

CONTENTS : 1. Introduction --
2. The play and the libretto -- 3. Musical background and composition -- 4. Synopsis -- 5. The formal design -- 6. Act III scene 4: an analysis -- 7. A suggested interpretation -- 8. Stage history: the premiere and subsequent performances -- Documents : Georg Büchner (1901) / Karl Emil Franzos -- Wozzeck and Woyzeck (1914) / Hugo Beiber -- Alban Berg and Anton von Webern (1922) / Erwin Stein -- Alban Berg's 'Wozzeck' (1923) / Fritz Heinrich Klein -- Alban Berg's 'Wozzeck': a contribution to the problem of opera (1923) / Ernst Viebig -- Creating atonal opera (1924) / Emil Petschnig -- The musical forms in my opera 'Wozzeck' (1924) / Alban Berg -- A word about 'Wozzeck' (1927) / Alban Berg -- A lecture on 'Wozzeck' (1929) / Alban Berg -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Index.

A clear and accessible introduction to one of the most significant operas of the twentieth century.

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