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Weill's Musical Theater
Stephen Hinton
其他書名
Stages of Reform
出版University of California Press, 2012-04-10
主題Biography & Autobiography / MusicMusic / Genres & Styles / Opera
ISBN05209518329780520951839
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=X7XJFE72cxcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.