Music 308: Opera in Depth: Books
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Books about opera
Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan by Call Number: Mary Idema Pew 3rd Floor ML49 .G45 2016Addresses recent performance history, newly discovered 'lost' songs and dialogue, and Gilbert and Sullivan references in contemporary popular culture.
The Viennese Café and Fin-De-Siècle CultureCall Number: e-bookThe Viennese café was a key site of urban modernity around 1900: home and workplace, leisure and intellectual exchange.
A Kingdom Not of This World by Call Number: e-bookIn fin-de-siecle Vienna, utopian artists drew inspiration from the work of Wagner. Here are new perspectives on music by Mahler, Schoenberg, and Zemlinsky, art by Klimt, Max Klinger, and members of the Vienna Secession, and philosophical writings by Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Maurice Maeterlinck.
Books about Composers
- Diaries, 1898-1902 by
Brahms and His World by Call Number: ebookInfluence upon Arnold Schoenberg and other composers. A selection of memoirs by Brahms's friends, students, and admirers (e.g., Heuberger) provides intimate glimpses into the composer's working methods and personality.
A Schoenberg Reader by Call Number: e-bookFresh insights into the composer's life, work, and thought, his evolving Jewish identity, and his close interactions with Gustav and Alma Mahler.
Defining Deutschtum: Political Ideology, German Identity, and Music-Critical Discourse in Liberal Vienna by Call Number: ebookLooks at music, cultural identity, and political ideology in late-nineteenth-century Vienna via notable composers who were Austrian citizens,e.g., Carl Goldmark.
Jewish Difference and the Arts in Vienna by Call Number: e-bookLooks at the works of Jewish composers in fin de siècle Vienna, including Gustav Mahler's 2nd symphony (chapter 2).
Subjects: Music
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