Patricia Hall

Berg's Wozzeck

Studies in Musical Genesis, Structure, and Interpretation

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Product Type
Book (Hardcover)
Author / Composer
Patricia Hall
Product number
768963
Languages
english
Release Year
2011
Extent
224 Pages

Description

Although Berg decided immediately after seeing Büchner's play Woyzeck in May 1914 to set it to music, he did not complete his opera until 1922, with the Berlin premiere taking place in 1925. Berg's Wozzeck traces the composer's slow but determined progress. Using compositional sketches, diaries, notebooks and other archival material, author Patricia Hall reveals the challenges Berg faced—from his induction as a soldier in World War I, to the hyper-inflation of the twenties.

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Content

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1:The Path to Wozzeck
  • Chapter 2:The Inception of Wozzeck: 1914-18
  • Chapter 3:Wir arme Leut': 1919-1922
  • Chapter 4:The Critical Years: 1923-25
  • Chapter 5:Berg's Büchner Text and the Genesis of Form
  • Chapter 6:Master of the Smallest Link: The Sketches for Large-Scale Form
  • Chapter 7:"Berg war Analysen freundlich gesinnt": Analysis of Pitch Structure in the Sketches for Wozzeck
  • Conclusion
  • Catalogue of sketches for Wozzeck
  • Bibliography