Weill's Musical Theater : Stages of Reform.
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 w...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2012.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 co. |
---|---|
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (587 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520951839 0520951832 1280116323 9781280116322 9786613520760 6613520764 |