Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford handbook of Faust in music / edited by Lorna Fitzsimmons and Charles McKnight.

Publication

• New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fitzsimmons, Lorna, 1957-
• McKnight, Charles, 1949-

Description

xxix, 581 pages : illustrations, music; 26 cm.

Summary

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.

Series Statement

Oxford handbooks

Uniform Title

Oxford handbooks.

Subject

• Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832
• Faust (Legendary character) > Drama > History and criticism
• Faust (Legendary character) > Songs and music > History and criticism
• Faust (Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von)
• 1800-1999
• Music > 19th century > History and criticism
• Music > 20th century > History and criticism
• Songs
• Drama
• Music

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Sabaté / Rolf Bäcker -- 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 Leverkühn 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-André Roberge -- 15. The Faustian and Mephistophelean worlds in Stravinsky's The rake's progress / Maureen A. Carr -- 16. Havergal Brian's gothic opera Faust / Jürgen Schaarwächter -- 17. The serial concept in Pousseur's Votre Faust / André Brégégère -- 18. Reflections of the contemporary schizophrenia in Josef Berg's two versions of Johanes doktor Faust / Martin Flašar -- 19. History and Faust in Doctor Atomic / Rebecca Cypess -- 20. Pascal Dusapin's new lyrical style in Faustus, the last night / Jacques Amblard -- 21. Faust goes dancing / 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.

Call Number

JMF 19-215

ISBN

• 0199935181
• 9780199935185
• 9780190694524 (canceled/invalid)
• 0190694521 (canceled/invalid)
• 9780199983650 (canceled/invalid)
• 0199983658 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2017008886
• 9780199935185

OCLC

974992266

Title

The Oxford handbook of Faust in music / edited by Lorna Fitzsimmons and Charles McKnight.

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford handbooks

Oxford handbooks.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1800-1999

Added Author

Fitzsimmons, Lorna, 1957- editor.

McKnight, Charles, 1949- editor.

Other Standard Identifier

9780199935185

Research Call Number

JMF 19-215