The Faust legend in music and literature / William E. Grim.

Author/creator Grim, William E.
Format Book
Publication InfoLewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©1988.
Descriptionxii, 107 pages : music ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Faust, -approximately 1540--Legends. --History and criticism.
Faust, -approximately 1540.
Faust, -approximately 1540--Songs and music. --History and criticism.
Music and literature.

SeriesStudies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 5
Studies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 5. ^A231525
Contents Volume 1. Mephisto waltz Franz Liszt and Nikolaus Lenau -- Faust and popular art Gounod's Faust -- Faust Manque Boito's Mephistofele -- Faust as magician Busoni's Doktor Faust -- Diabolus in musica Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus -- Bibliography -- Index.
Contents Volume 2. Apologia pro Gounod's Faust -- Gounod's Faust as a literary metaphor -- Kerouac's doctor sax and the enigma of the American experience -- Das Ewig-Weibliche Zeiht uns Zurück : Berg's Lulu as anti-Faust -- The Faustian connection in gravity's rainbow -- The fiery angel(s) of Valerii Bryusov and Sergei Prokofiev -- Ambivalence, Berlioz, and La damnation de Faust -- Mephistopheles vs. the American constitution : the devil and Daniel Webster -- The symphonic and choral Fausts of Schumann, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Wagner, Mahler, Boulanger, and Brian -- The Faust legend in film.
Abstract An interdisciplinary examination of the musico-literary interstices of the Faust legend, including works by German, French, and Italian authors, composers, and librettists.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteBibliography: pages 99-103.
LCCN 87024706
ISBN0889464286

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