Ernst Krenek and the politics of musical style / Peter Tregear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tregear, Peter, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Krenek, Ernst, 1900-1991--Songs and music--History and criticism.

Krenek, Ernst.

Krenek, Ernst, 1900-1991.

Opera--Germany--20th century.

Opera.

Style, Musical.

Modernism (Music).

Physical Description:

xxi, 175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, 2013.

Summary:

Ernst Krenek has been described as a "one-man history of twentieth-century music." His vast compositional output encompasses many of the past century's extremes and expresses many of its contradictions. Few have attempted, however, to contextualize Krenek's compositional output because our understanding of classical music in the first half of the twentieth century still largely remains focused on the music of a few canonical figures. Responding to renewed interest from performers in Krenek's work, particularly his operas. Peter Tregear's Ernst Krenek and the Politics of Musical Style addresses this gap in the scholarly literature and makes an important contribution to our comprehension of the ways in which Krenek's music reflected and informed broader social and political debates in Austria and Germany at the time. Focusing on Krenek's compositional path from the eclectic musical language of Jonny spielt auf to the austere-twelve-tone technique of Karl V. Tregear provides a historical and critical context for this most historically significant period of Krenek's creative life. His study also enriches- our understanding of many of Krenek's contemporaries, such as Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg. This book should interest students, scholars, and practitioners with an interest in modern opera and contemporary classical music, as well as early-twentieth-century German history more generally. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Composing the Chaos 1

Chapter 2 The City of Man: Jonny spielt auf 23

Chapter 3 Sounding the Rift 55

Chapter 4 The City of God: Karl V 87

Chapter 5 Musical Modernism and its Others 117.

ISBN:

9780810882621

0810882620

OCLC:

843809367