Weill's Musical Theater

Stages of Reform
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-520-27177-7
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 916 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hinton, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Klassische Musik des 20./21. Jahrhunderts

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of 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

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Hinton is Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. His publications include Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera.