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About This Book..., October 5, 2011
This review is from: Kurt Weill in Europe (Studies in musicology) (Hardcover)
A detailed examination of Weill's life and music in Europe, which strives to see Weill "within the cultural environment of the Weimar Republic." Based in part on the author's examinations of manuscripts in the Weill estate, the book argues that Weill is much more than the "musical amanuensis of Brecht" and much more than a "Broadway tunesmith."
The book notes that Weill was an established musical force in Europe before his association with Brecht in 1927. It places particular emphasis on works that were not necessarily as dependent on jazz and popular music as is popularly believed -- his Orpheus, Mahagonny, and Der Zar Lasst sich Photographieren."
Book nitty-gritty: hardback with dustjacket; cloth over boards with a sewn binding. 589 pp. Indexed. Appendices. Over 70 pp of bibliographic information: narrative and bibliographic End Notes and a Bibliography.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Weill's Career 1900-1927
Weill's Career 1927-1935
Weill's Essays: A Context for His Music
Weill's Music 1919-1921: Roots
Weill's Music 1922-1925: Experimentation
Weill's Music 1926-1933: Synthesis
Appendices...
Catalogue of Weill's Compositions
Annotated Translations of Essays of Weill
Index to Weill's Signed Articles in Der Deutsche Rundfunk
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