Jarman, Douglas, 1943-

Alban Berg : Wozzeck / Douglas Jarman. - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989. - ix, 181 p. : ill., music ; 23 cm. - Cambridge opera handbooks .

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 : Notes -- Bibliography -- Discography -- Index. 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 --

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

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Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Wozzeck.

ML410.B47 / J3 1989

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