The Oxford handbook of Faust in music / edited by Lorna Fitzsimmons and Charles McKnight.
| Other author | Fitzsimmons, Lorna, 1957- |
| Other author | McKnight, Charles, 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019] |
| Description | xxix, 581 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Handbooks Online Music |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Handbooks Online 2019 Music |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford handbooks Oxford handbooks. ^A611862 |
| Contents | Introduction / Charles McKnight and Lorna Firzsimmons -- 1. Selected settings from "Auerbachs Keller" / Alberto Rizzuti -- 2. Musical remembering in Schubert's Faust settings / Marjorie Hirsch -- 3. Berlioz, Faust, and the gothic / Julian Rushton -- 4. Schumann's struggle with Goethe's Faust / Laura Tunbridge -- 5. Ideas of redemption and the total artwork in Wagner's encounters with Faust / Thomas S. Grey -- 6. Liszt's Faust complexes / Jonathan Kregor -- 7. Gounodian Fausts by Pablo de Sarasate, Joan Baptista Pujol, and Felip Pedrell i Sabatâe / Rolf Bèacker -- 8. Mahler's eighth and the Faust symphonic tradition / James L. Zychowicz -- 9. Hanns Eisler and Faust in the German Democratic Republic / Joy H. Calico -- 10. The paradoxical Faust cantatas of Adrian Leverkèuhn and Alfred Schnittke / Charles McKnight -- 11. Louis Spohr's tragic Faust / Clive McClelland -- 12. The genesis, transformations, sources, and style of Gounod's Faust / Vincent Giroud -- 13. Mefistofele triumphant : from the ideal to the real / Michele Girardi -- 14. Extending the reach of Ferruccio Busoni's Doktor Faust / Marc-Andrâe Roberge -- 15. The Faustian and Mephistophelean worlds in Stravinsky's The rake's progress / $r Maureen A. Carr -- 16. Havergal Brian's gothic opera Faust / Jèurgen Schaarwèachter -- 17. The serial concept in Pousseur's Votre Faust / Andrâe Brâegâegáere -- 18. Reflections of the contemporary schizophrenia in Josef Berg's two versions of Johanes doktor Faust / $r Martin Flaésar -- 19. History and Faust in Doctor Atomic / Rebecca Cypess -- Kristin Rygg -- 22. Heinrich Heine's Faust ballet scenario, 1846-1948 / David Conway -- 23. The American musical and the Faustian bargain / Raymond Knapp -- 24. Faust rocks the stage (not) / Elizabeth L. Wollman -- 25. Helen Gifford's Marlovian Regarding Faustus / Mark Carroll. |
| Abstract | Since its emergence in sixteenth-century Germany, the magician Faust's quest has become one of the most profound themes in Western history. Though variants are found across all media, few adaptations have met with greater acclaim than in music. Bringing together more than two dozen authors in a foundational volume, 'The Oxford Handbook of Faust in Music' testifies to the spectacular impact the Faust theme has exerted over the centuries. The Handbook's three-part organization enables readers to follow the evolution of Faust in music across time and stylistic periods. Part I explores symphonic, choral, chamber, and solo Faust works by composers from Beethoven to Schnittke. Part II discusses the range of Faustian operas, and Part III examines Faust's presence in ballet and musical theater. Illustrating the interdisciplinary relationships between music and literature and the fascinating tapestry of intertextual relationships among the works of Faustian music themselves, the volume suggests that rather than merely retelling the story of Faust, these musical compositions contribute significant insights on the tale and its unrivalled cultural impact. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017008886 |
| ISBN | 9780199935185 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9780190694524 epub |
| ISBN | 9780199983650 oxford handbooks online |
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