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Informationen zum Autor Margaret Notley! University of North Texas! Denton! USA Zusammenfassung This volume reprints articles that cover an array of significant twentieth-century operas and critical questions about them. The anthologized articles are organized according to the place of origin of the operas discussed in each of them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Part I Operas by Viennese Composers! ca. 1910-1935: Expressive principle and orchestral polyphony in Schoenberg's Erwartung! Carl Dahlhaus; 'Die Frauenfrage' in Erwartung: Schoenberg's collaboration with Marie Pappenheim! Elizabeth L. Keathley; A Florentine Tragedy! or woman as mirror! Sherry D. Lee; Schoenberg as Moses and Aron! Joseph Auner; Berg's Propaganda pieces: the 'Platonic idea' of Lulu! Margaret Notley. Part II Operas from Other European Contexts: The Verbunkos and Bartók's modern style: the case of Duke Bluebeard's Castle! Judit Frigyesi; Hans Pfitzner's Palestrina and the impotence of early lateness! Stephen McClatchie; Ariadne! Daphne and the problem of Verwandlung! Bryan Gilliam; The concept of epic opera: theoretical anomalies in the Brecht-Weill partnership! Stephen Hinton; French identity in flux: the triumph of Honegger's Antigone! Jane F. Fulcher; Back to the future: Shostakovich's revision of Leskov's 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District'! Caryl Emerson. Part III Operas by Britten and Birtwistle: 'Peter Grimes': the growth of the libretto! Philip Brett; 'Twisted relations': method and meaning in Britten's Billy Budd! Arnold Whittall; Why does Miles die? A study of Britten's The Turn of the Screw! Clifford Hindley; The shadow of opera: dramatic narrative and musical discourse in Gawain! David Beard. Part IV Operas Composed in the United States: Porgy and Bess: 'an American Wozzeck'! Christopher Reynolds; Kurt Weill! modernism! and popular culture: Ã-ffentlichkeit als Stil! Kim H. Kowalke; The best of all possible worlds: the Eldorado episode in Leonard Bernstein's Candide! Elizabeth B. Crist; The great American opera: Klinghoffer! Streetcar! and the exception! Lawrence Kramer; Instrumental dramaturgy as humane comedy: What Next? by Elliott Carter and Paul Griffiths! Anne C. Shreffler; Name Index. ...
