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Title:
Kurt Weill, the threepenny opera / edited by Stephen Hinton.
Author:
Hinton, Stephen.
Publication Information:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Call Number:
ML410.W395 K87 1990
Abstract:
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. After a detailed reconstruction of the work's genesis and continued revision over three decades, Stephen Hinton examines the spin-offs on which Weill and Brecht participated: the instrumental suite, the film, the law suit, the novel, and the musical and textual revisions of songs. In a survey of the stage history, Hinton pays particular attention to pioneering productions in Germany and Great 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 analyses large-scale motivic relationships in the music. Among the earliest writings on the work reprinted here, those by Theodor W. Adorno, Ernst Bloch and Walter Benjamin appear for the first time in English translation. The book contains numerous illustrations, a discography, and music examples.
ISBN:
9780521330268

9780521338882
Series:
Cambridge opera handbooks

Cambridge opera handbooks.
Physical Description:
xv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Synopsis: Brecht's narration for a concert version of Die Dreigroschenoper -- History: "Matters of intellectual property" : the sources and genesis of Die Dreigroschenoper / by Stephen Hinton. The première and after / by Stephen Hinton. The threepenny opera in America / by Kim H. Kowalke -- Analysis and criticism: The threepenny opera / by Bertolt Brecht. Correspondence concerning Threepenny opera between Hans Heinsheimer and Kurt Weill. The threepenny opera : a Berlin burlesque / by the Berlin correspondent of The times. The threepenny opera / by Theodor Wiesengrund-Adorno. The threepenny opera / by Ernst Bloch. Three-groats opera / by Eric Blom. L'opéra de quat'sous / by Walter Benjamin. The threepenny opera / by Hans Keller. Motifs, tags and related matters / by David Drew. The Dreigroschen sound / by Geoffrey Abbott. Misunderstanding The threepenny opera / by Stephen Hinton.
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