Liszt and the Symphonic Poem

A fresh evaluation of Liszt's symphonic poems, based on contextual, philosophical and musical evidence.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Liszt's activities as Kapellmeister; 2. From the lyric to the dramatic: the development of Tasso; 3. Prometheus, melodramatic mimesis, and the visual; 4. Orpheus, opera and Werktreue; 5. Formal innovation and dramatic gesutre in Festklänge; 6. Hamlet and melodrama; 7. Liszt's Weimar legacy.

About the author

Joanne Cormac is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Nottingham. Her research interests include genre, reception and identity in nineteenth-century music, and she is currently working on a project on reception issues in multimedia composer biography. Her work has been published in a number of leading music journals.

Summary

Today Liszt's symphonic poems are seen as alternatives to the symphony post-Beethoven. In contrast, this book returns these influential pieces to their original performance context in the theatre, arguing that the symphonic poem is as much a dramatic as a symphonic genre and that Liszt's contribution to theatre history should not be overlooked.

Product details

• Authors: Joanne Cormac, Joanne (University of Nottingham) Cormac, Cormac Joanne
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781107181410
• ISBN: 978-1-107-18141-0
• No. of pages: 378
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / History & Criticism, german, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Composers and songwriters, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Literary studies: poetry and poets, Art music, orchestral and formal music