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100 1 a| Chailley, Jacques,d| 1910-1999.=| ^A49499;

240 10 a| Flûte enchantée.l| English=| ^A49499;

245 14 a| The magic flute, masonic opera :b| an interpretation of the libretto and the music /c| by Jacques Chailley ; translated from the French by Herbert Weinstock.;

250 a| First American edition.;

260 a| New York :b| Alfred A. Knopf,c| 1971.;

300 a| xii, 336, xi pages :b| illustrations, portraits, plates, music, facsimiles ;c| 22 cm.;

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337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

500 a| "A Borzoi Book".;

546 a| Translation of La flûte enchantée.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-336) and index.;

520 a| Mozart's opera The Magic Flute is universally recognized as a great masterpiece--and almost as universally accused of suffering from an incomprehensible, if not silly, libretto. The author demonstrates (with myriad examples from both the libretto and the music) that, far from making nonsense, the opera is crowded with the most profound meanings. Having demonstrated the inconsistency of the legend according to which the "stupidity" of the plot resulted from a midstream change of plan, he displays the coherence of the opera, uncovers the interrelated hidden significance of its characters and situations, and relates them all to the great cosmic myths of the esoteric tradition from which they emanate. Under the illumination so engagingly supplied by the author, The Magic Flute emerges as it really is: a rigorously constructed theater piece in which Mozart's wonderful music and the libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder (and others) fulfill and clarify one another. This is constructive scholarship at its most readable best--in a book that is alive with the atmosphere of eighteenth-century Vienna and with fascinating men and women, from sages and royal personages to grimy scoundrels, who supply many curious sidelights on politics, music, literature, religion, and Freemasonry.;

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600 10 a| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,d| 1756-1791x| Symbolism.=| ^A31894;

700 1 a| Weinstock, Herbert,d| 1905-1971,e| translator.=| ^A29631;

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The magic flute, masonic opera : an interpretation of the libretto and the music / by Jacques Chailley ; translated from the French by Herbert Weinstock.

Author/creator	Chailley, Jacques
Other author	Weinstock, Herbert, 1905-1971, translator.
Format	Book
Edition	First American edition.
Publication Info	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1971.
Description	xii, 336, xi pages : illustrations, portraits, plates, music, facsimiles ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Zauberflöte. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791--Symbolism. Composers--Austria. --18th century. --Criticism and interpretation.

Uniform title	Flûte enchantée. English
Contents	Part one. Preliminary circumvolutions. What everyone knows -- Traditions and misunderstandings -- The libretto: how many authors? -- The legend of the revised libretto -- Sources of the libretto -- History of the libretto and its growth -- Mozart and the Singspiel -- Freemasonry in Vienna in the eighteenth century -- Mozart and freemasonry -- Freemasonry and feminism in Die Zauberflote -- Part two. In pursuit of the hidden meaning. Exegesis of five chords -- The cosmogony of the libretto -- The principal characters: two heavenly bodies, four elements -- The secondary characters -- Some other symbols -- The initiatory trials -- From libretto to score -- Part three. Analysis of the opera. Overall view -- The overture -- The first act -- The second act -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Letter from Seyfried to Treitschke -- Appendix 2. Anonymous article in the Monatsschrift fur Theater und Musik, Vienna, 1857.
Abstract	Mozart's opera The Magic Flute is universally recognized as a great masterpiece--and almost as universally accused of suffering from an incomprehensible, if not silly, libretto. The author demonstrates (with myriad examples from both the libretto and the music) that, far from making nonsense, the opera is crowded with the most profound meanings. Having demonstrated the inconsistency of the legend according to which the "stupidity" of the plot resulted from a midstream change of plan, he displays the coherence of the opera, uncovers the interrelated hidden significance of its characters and situations, and relates them all to the great cosmic myths of the esoteric tradition from which they emanate. Under the illumination so engagingly supplied by the author, The Magic Flute emerges as it really is: a rigorously constructed theater piece in which Mozart's wonderful music and the libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder (and others) fulfill and clarify one another. This is constructive scholarship at its most readable best--in a book that is alive with the atmosphere of eighteenth-century Vienna and with fascinating men and women, from sages and royal personages to grimy scoundrels, who supply many curious sidelights on politics, music, literature, religion, and Freemasonry.
General note	"A Borzoi Book".
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-336) and index.
Language	Translation of La flûte enchantée.
LCCN	70111248
ISBN	0394434528
ISBN	9780394434520

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