Brecht, music and culture : Hanns Eisler in conversation with Hans Bunge /

The Austrian composer Hanns Eisler was Bertolt Brecht's closest friend and most politically committed collaborator. In these conversations with Hans Bunge which took place over a period of four years, from 1958 until his death in 1962, Eisler offers a compelling and absorbing account of his and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bunge, Hans (Autor)
Otros Autores: Berendse, Sabine (Editor , Traductor), Clements, Paul (Editor , Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Temas:
Eisler, Hanns, > 1898-1962.
Brecht, Bertolt, > 1898-1956.
Brecht, Bertolt, > 1898-1956
Eisler, Hanns, > 1898-1962
Composers > Germany (East) > Interviews.
Compositeurs > Allemagne (Est) > Entretiens.
Biography: arts & entertainment.
Theatre studies.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
MUSIC > Reference.
Composers
Germany (East)
Interviews
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes to the German edition by Hans Bunge; Translator's note; Conversation 1; 14 Ways of Describing Rain
  • Meetings between Brecht and Arnold Schoenberg, Charlie Chaplin and Thomas Mann
  • Brecht and Music; Conversation 2; Galileo
  • Hollywood Elegies
  • Brecht and Feuchtwanger
  • Brecht and Music for the Theatre
  • Schweyk in the Second World War; Conversation 3; Brecht on Arnold Schoenberg
  • Gestic Music
  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle
  • Döblin's 65th Birthday Party; Conversation 4.
  • Music for The Private Life of the Master Race
  • Prologue to Galileo
  • Eisler and the House Committee on Un-American Activities
  • The Mother in New York
  • Brecht and Stefan Zweig
  • BajazzoConversation 5; Brecht's Hexameters for the Communist Manifesto
  • Was Brecht a Marxist?
  • Brecht's Method of Verfremdung; Conversation 6; 'To Those Born Later'
  • Boogie-Woogie
  • Eisler on Religion
  • Galileo; Conversation 7; 'Hotel Room 1942'
  • Hölderlin; Conversation 8; On Stupidity in Music I
  • Hölderlin; Conversation 9; Hans Mayer's book on Brecht
  • Brecht and Georg Lukács; Conversation 10.
  • The Music to Schweyk in the Second World War
  • On Stupidity in Music IIConversation 11; Hölderlin Poems
  • On Stupidity in Music III; Conversation 12; Eisler on Classical Literature, on the Function of Art, on Cybernetics and on Napoleon; Conversation 13; Serious Songs
  • Eisler's Plans for a Symphony; Conversation 14; Eisler and Bunge Compare Their Experiences as Soldiers; Afterword: For the first edition of the 'Conversations' by Stephan Hermlin; Notes; Appendix; Index.

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