Change and Permanence: Gottfried Benn's Text for Paul Hindemith's Oratorio «Das Unaufhoerliche» (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783261029218)

The monograph analyses the poem Gottfried Benn wrote for Paul Hindemith's oratorio Das Unaufhörliche and examines Benn's assumption about permanence, as revealed in the images he used in the oratorio text and in his other works. Special attention is given to the problem of nihilism in Benn's work and to the question of the relation of Das Unaufhörliche to religious tradition. A final chapter describes Hindemith's setting for the poem and analyses various types of word-music relationships. Emphasis is placed on structural aspects of Benn's text that allow a comparison to music.

Author: Gerald Gillespie,Ann Clark Fehn
ISBN-10: 3261029218
ISBN-13: 9783261029218
Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
Language: English
Published: 12/31/1978
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback