Wozzeck: English National Opera Guide 42 (English National Opera Guides)

Berg

ISBN 10: 0714542016 / ISBN 13: 9780714542010

Published by Oneworld Classics, 1990

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0714542016I4N00

Synopsis:

In 1972 Elias Canetti said: 'with Wozzeckm Buchner achieved the most complete revolution in the whole of literature'. The same can be said of Berg's opera, as revolutionary in the history of music in our century as in opera in particular. Mark DeVoto and Theo Hirsbrunner discuss why this infinitely complex and formal score perfectly suits the confused and disordered nature of the play. In his famous essay about the opera (written in 1968, but given here for the first time in English) Theador Adorno shows how what seems fragmentory in the text is actually complete, and how the music responds to the words; Kenneth Segar offers a new interpretation of the play in the light of the most recent Buchner research. Also for the first time, the complete edition of the play as Berg knew it is set out with a translation so that readers can see not only what he kept for his liberetto but also what he omitted. This unique source material is complemented by a series of critical reactions to the first London production in 1952 illustrating the controversy which has surrounded the opera since its 1925 Berlin premiere, and the extent to which our aesthetics have changed over the last forty years.

Language Notes: Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Bibliographic Details

Title: Wozzeck: English National Opera Guide 42 (...
Publisher: Oneworld Classics
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket