Weill E Brecht
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Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera
This is the first book on the best-known of the Weill-Brecht collaborations to explore the extent and significance of the composer's contribution. Described as 'the weightiest possible lowbrow opera for highbrows and the most full-blooded highbrow musical for lowbrows' (Hans Keller), the enduringly popular Threepenny Opera has given rise not only to interpretations as numerous as they are diverse but also to new adaptations. One such is Brecht's hitherto unpublished concert version which is included here in English translation. Even the stage work generally known today departs significantly from what was performed at the premiere in 1928. After a detailed reconstruction of the work's genesis and continued revision over three decades, the editor examines the spin-offs in which the authors participated: the instrumental suite, the film, the law suit, the novel, and the musical and textual revisions of songs. In a brisk survey of the stage history, the editor pays particular attention to pioneering productions in Germany and Britain. Kim Kowalke provides an exhaustive account of the history of The Threepenny Opera in America, Geoffrey Abbott addresses questions concerning authentic performance practice, and David Drew analyzes large-scale motivic relationships in the music. Among the earlier writings on the work reprinted here, those by Theodor W. Adorno, Ernst Bloch and Walter Benjamin appear for the first time in English translation. A concluding chapter by the editor considers whether The Threepenny Opera's popularity rests, as frequently maintained, on a misunderstanding. The book contains numerous illustrations, a discography, and music examples.
Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith: A Research and Information Guide is an annotated bibliography concerning both the nature of primary sources related to the composer and the scope and significance of the secondary sources which deal with him, his compositions, and his influence as a musician and teacher. The second edition includes research published since the publication of the first edition and provides electronic resources.
Weill's Musical Theater
Author: Stephen Hinton
language: en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date: 2012-04-10
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.