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Brecht at the Opera
Joy H. Calico
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Hardback. Argues that Brecht's simultaneous work on opera and Lehrstuck in the 1920s generated the concept of audience experience that would come to define epic theater, and that his revisions to the theory of Gestus in the mid-1930s are reminiscent of nineteenth-century opera performance practices of mimesis. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 tables, 18 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
"Brecht at the Opera" looks at the German playwright's lifelong ambivalent engagement with opera. An ardent opera lover in his youth, Brecht later denounced the genre as decadent and irrelevant to modern society even as he continued to work on opera projects throughout his career. He completed three operas and attempted two dozen more with composers such as Kurt Weill, Paul Hindemith, Hanns Eisler, and Paul Dessau. Joy H. Calico argues that Brecht's simultaneous work on opera and Lehrstuck in the 1920s generated the new concept of audience experience that would come to define epic theater, and that his revisions ... Read more
"Brecht at the Opera" looks at the German playwright's lifelong ambivalent engagement with opera. An ardent opera lover in his youth, Brecht later denounced the genre as decadent and irrelevant to modern society even as he continued to work on opera projects throughout his career. He completed three operas and attempted two dozen more with composers such as Kurt Weill, Paul Hindemith, Hanns Eisler, and Paul Dessau. Joy H. Calico argues that Brecht's simultaneous work on opera and Lehrstuck in the 1920s generated the new concept of audience experience that would come to define epic theater, and that his revisions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
California Studies in 20th-Century Music
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520254824
SKU
V9780520254824
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About Joy H. Calico
Joy H. Calico is Associate Professor of Musicology in the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.
Reviews for Brecht at the Opera
"A noteworthy, compelling, and occasionally provocative addition to the vast body of literature about Brecht that even literary scholars would not want to miss perusing."
Eve M. Duffy H-German "An impressive book: impeccably researched, with two essential and pioneering chapters and three more which have much of interest to offer."
Michael Ewans Comparative Drama "Excellent... Recommended."
John ... Read more
Eve M. Duffy H-German "An impressive book: impeccably researched, with two essential and pioneering chapters and three more which have much of interest to offer."
Michael Ewans Comparative Drama "Excellent... Recommended."
John ... Read more