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1) The Threepenny Opera
A tiny commentary on the wrong rendition in English of a piece from this opera, describing how he was impressed by a single line in Brecht¿s libretto.
2) Falstaff
On Verdi¿s opera after Shakespeare.
3) Fury
The story of Fritz Lang¿s movie.
4) Schrödinger
Description of what kind of person the physicist Erwin Schrödinger was and Feyerabend¿s relationship with him.
5) Macbeth
Feyerabend reads Verdi¿s thoughts on Lady Macbeth¿s sleepwalking scene: una macchia.
6) Xenophanes
Some Xenophanes fragments, read by Feyerabend in his own translation, attempting to respect the original metric rhythm.
7) Paul Robeson, Joe Louis, Max Schmeling
Feyerabend explains a lullaby sung by Paul Robeson, describes the life of this American football star and also a bit of the story of Joe Lewis and Max Schmeling.
List of contents
1) The Threepenny Opera
A tiny commentary on the wrong rendition in English of a piece from this opera, describing how he was impressed by a single line in Brecht's libretto.
2) Falstaff
On Verdi's opera after Shakespeare.
3) Fury
The story of Fritz Lang's movie.
4) Schrödinger
Description of what kind of person the physicist Erwin Schrödinger was and Feyerabend's relationship with him.
5) Macbeth
Feyerabend reads Verdi's thoughts on Lady Macbeth's sleepwalking scene: una macchia.
6) Xenophanes
Some Xenophanes fragments, read by Feyerabend in his own translation, attempting to respect the original metric rhythm.
7) Paul Robeson, Joe Louis, Max Schmeling
Feyerabend explains a lullaby sung by Paul Robeson, describes the life of this American football star and also a bit of the story of Joe Lewis and Max Schmeling.
About the author
Paul K. Feyerabend (1924-94) lehrte Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie u.a. in Berkeley, London und Zürich.
