| Bertolt Brecht's Striving for Reason, Even in Music: A Critical Assessment Contributor(s): Brown, Peter D. G. (Editor), Gilbert, Michael John T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820404217 ISBN-13: 9780820404219 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $81.51 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1988 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - Voice - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 782.810 |
| LCCN: 87022565 |
| Series: Studies in Modern German Literature |
| Physical Information: 334 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Not long after Bertolt Brecht's death in 1956, his musical collaborator of many years, Hanns Eisler, characterized Brecht's attitude toward music with a mixture of admiration and skepticism as -dieses Streben Brechts nach Vernunft auch in der Musik.- In this comprehensive, chronologically-arranged study of Brecht's involvement with music, the origins and implications of the writer's quest for -rationality, even in music- are systematically examined. Particular attention is given to the pertinent critical writings of both Brecht and his major musical collaborators Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler and Paul Dessau as a framework for examining Brecht's multifaceted relationship to music. Finally, the book offers a critical assessment of Brecht's views on music as well as the nature and extent of his influence on 20th century musical aesthetics." |