Weill's musical theater : stages of reform / Stephen Hinton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hinton, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950--Criticism and interpretation.

Weill, Kurt.

Music theater--History--20th century.

Music theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 569 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 genres-from one-act operas and plays with music to Broadway musicals and film-opera-became an indispensable part of the reforms he promoted during his brief but intense career. Confronting the divisive notion of "two Weills"-one European, the other American-Hinton 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. Biographical Notes

2. The Busoni Connection

3. One-Act Operas

4. "Songspiel"

5. Plays with Music

6. Epic Opera

7. Didactic Theater ("Lehrstück")

8. Stages of Exile

9. Musical Plays

10. Stage vs. Screen

11. American Opera

12. Concept and Commitment

Coda

Appendix: Weill's Works for Stage or Screen

Abbreviations

Notes

Credits

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613520760

9781280116322

1280116323

9780520951839

0520951832

OCLC:

775871182