Research Catalog

Title

The Cambridge companion to the Magic Flute / edited by Jessica Waldoff.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

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Details

Additional Authors

Waldoff, Jessica Pauline, 1964-

Description

xxv, 360 pages : illustrations, music; 25 cm.

Summary

"Premiered in 1791, The Magic Flute remains Mozart's most-performed opera worldwide. This Companion covers historical context, musical analysis, critical approaches and reception history, and engages with current debates including the representation of gender, race and exoticism. It provides an essential framework for understanding the opera today"--

Series Statement

Cambridge companions to music

Uniform Title

Cambridge companions to music.

Subject

• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
• Zauberflöte (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-353) and index.

Contents

Introduction / Jessica Waldoff -- Part I. Conception and Context. German Opera in Mozart's Vienna / Estelle Joubert ; The Magic Flute's Libretto and German Enlightenment Theater Reform / Martin Nedbal ; Emanuel Schikaneder and the Theater auf der Wieden / Lisa de Alwis ; The Magic Flute in 1791/ Austin Glatthorn -- Part II. Music, Text, and Action. Music as Stage-Craft / Julian Rushton ; Enduring Portraits : The Arias / Laurel E. Zeiss ; "All Together, Now"? Ensembles and Choruses in The Magic Flute / Nicholas Marston ; Musical Topics, Quotations, and References / Mark Ferraguto / Instrumentation, Magical and Mundane / Emily I. Dolan and Hayley Fenn ; The Dialogue as Indispensable / Catherine Coppola ; Music, Drama, and Spectacle in the Finales / John Platoff -- III. Approaches and Perspectives. Seeking Enlightenment in Mozart's Magic Flute / Richard Kramer ; Birdsong and Hieroglyphs : Exoticism and Enlightened Orientalism in The Magic Flute / Matthew Head ; Partial Derivatives : Sources, Types, and Tropes in The Magic Flute / Thomas Bauman ; Pamina, the Queen, and the Representation of Women / Jessica Waldoff ; Blackness and Whiteness in The Magic Flute -- Reflections from Shakespeare Studies / Adeline Mueller -- IV. Reception, Interpretation, and Influence. Zauberflöte : A Cultural Phenomenon in an Age of Revolution / Ian Woodfield ; The Magic Flute in Biography, Criticism, and Literature / Simon P. Keefe ; The Elusive Compositional History of The Magic Flute / Daniel R. Melamed ; Staging The Magic Flute / Kate Hopkins ; Ingmar Bergman's Film Version of The Magic Flute / Dean Duncan.

Call Number

JMF 23-317

ISBN

• 9781108426893
• 1108426891
• 9781108446846
• 1108446841
• 9781108551328 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023015891

OCLC

1375104522

Title

The Cambridge companion to the Magic Flute / edited by Jessica Waldoff.

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge companions to music

Cambridge companions to music.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-353) and index.

Added Author

Waldoff, Jessica Pauline, 1964- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Cambridge companion to the Magic Flute [1.] New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781108551328 (DLC) 2023015892

Research Call Number

JMF 23-317