Alban Berg: Lulu / Douglas Jarman
2008, Second Edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Signed and inscribed to Peter Porter. Item #444324
ISBN: 0521284805
Physical description; [192] p : ill ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography and index. Contents; 1. Introduction: chronology and background -- 2. From play to libretto -- 3. Synopsis -- 4. Posthumous history -- 5. The formal design -- 6. Melodic, harmonic and rhythmic language -- 7. Act III, scene 2, b.1146 -- 1326: an analysis -- 8. A suggested interpretation Documents 1. Pandora's Box (1905) / Karl Kraus -- 2. The case of 'Pandora's Box' (1905): From the judgement of the Berlin Royal District Court -- 3. On the 'Pandora's Box' case (1906) / Frank Wedekind -- 4. A note on Act III of Lulu (1964) / George Perle -- 5. The 'lost' score of the 'Symphonic Pieces from Lulu' / Douglas Jarman. Subjects; Berg, Alban 1885-1935. Berg, Alban 1885-1935 Lulu. Berg, Alban Lulu. Berg, Alban 1885-1935 Lulu Criticism and interpretation. Berg, Alban 1885-1935 - Criticism and interpretation. Berg, Alban 1885-1935 - Operas. Berg, Alban 1885-1935 - Operas Lulu.
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