Liszt and the Symphonic Poem
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Liszt and the Symphonic Poem

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Liszt and the Symphonic Poem

About this book

Franz Liszt was preoccupied with a fundamental but difficult question: what is the content of music? His answer lay in his symphonic poems, a group of orchestral pieces intended to depict a variety of subjects drawn from literature, visual art and drama. Today, the symphonic poems are usually seen as alternatives to the symphony post-Beethoven. Analysts stress their symphonic logic, thereby neglecting their 'extramusical' subject matter. This book takes a different approach: it returns these influential pieces to their original performance context in the theatre, arguing that the symphonic poem is as much a dramatic as a symphonic genre. This is evidenced in new analyses of the music that examines the theatricality of these pieces and their depiction of voices, mise-en-scĆØne, gesture and action. Simultaneously, the book repositions Liszt's legacy within theatre history, arguing that his contributions should be placed alongside those of Mendelssohn, Berlioz and Wagner.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Musical Examples
  8. List of Figures
  9. List of Tables
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Introduction
  12. 1 Lisztā€™s Activities as Kapellmeister
  13. 2 From the Lyric to the Dramatic: The Development of Tasso
  14. 3 Prometheus, Melodramatic Mimesis, and the Visual
  15. 4 Orpheus, Opera, and Werktreue
  16. 5 Formal Innovation and Dramatic Gesture in FestklƤnge
  17. 6 Hamlet and Melodrama
  18. 7 Lisztā€™s Weimar Legacy
  19. Appendix: Programme of the 1849 Goethe Celebration in Weimar
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index