Stephen Walsh

Stravinsky

Oedipus Rex

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex is widely acknowledged as one of the most original music-theatre works of the twentieth century. This clear and concise guide is the first ever to be written on this work and it describes the music and its staging in close detail. It offers the first proper explanation of the plot and its relation to its literary sources and provides a fully documented discussion of the origins of Oedipus rex in Stravinsky's own work and thinking. By placing the work in its social context Stephen Walsh paints a vivid picture of Parisian artistic politics in the twenties from which emerges one of the richest and most suggestive works of art of modern times.

Table of contents:
Preface; 1. The exile finds a new home; 2. Of masks, masses and magic; 3. The music unfolds; 4. How it all came to be known; Appendix A. The Libretto; Appendix B. The Latin and its setting; Appendix C. The Orchestra.

This clear and concise guide describes the plot, the music and the staging of Oedipus rex in close detail and provides a fully documented discussion of its origins in Stravinsky's own work and thinking.

This clear and concise guide is the first ever to be written on this work and it describes the music and its staging in close detail.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 309g
• ISBN-13: 9780521404310
• ISBN-10: 0521404312
• Artikelnr.: 21311042

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
List of abbreviations
1. The exile finds a new home
2. Of masks, masses and magic
3. In which the music unfolds
4. How it all came to be known
Appendix A. The libretto
Appendix B. The Latin text and its setting
Appendix C. Cast and orchestra
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.