- 592 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
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 genresāfrom one-act operas and plays with music to Broadway musicals and film-operaābecame an indispensable part of the reforms he promoted during his brief but intense career. Confronting the divisive notion of "two Weills"āone European, the other AmericanāHinton 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- 1. Biographical Notes
- 2. The Busoni Connection
- 3. One -Act Operas
- 4 . " Songspielā
- 5. Plays with Music
- 6. Epic Opera
- 7. Didactic Theater (āLehrstĆ¼ckā)
- 8. Stages of Exile
- 9. Musical Plays
- 10. Stage vs. Screen
- 11. American Opera
- 12. Concept and Commitment
- Coda
- Appendix: Weillās Works for Stage or Screen
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Credits
- Index