Weill's Musical Theater: Stages of Reform (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520271777)

In the first musicological study of Kurt Weill's complete stage works, Stephen Hinton charts the full range of theatrical achievements by one of twentieth-century musical theater's key figures. Hinton shows how Weill's experiments with a range of genres--from one-act operas and plays with music to Broadway musicals and film-opera--became an indispensable part of the reforms he promoted during his brief but intense career. Confronting the divisive notion of "two Weills"--one European, the other American--Hinton adopts a broad and inclusive perspective, establishing criteria that allow aspects of continuity to emerge, particularly in matters of dramaturgy. Tracing his extraordinary journey as a composer, the book shows how Weill's artistic ambitions led to his working with a remarkably heterogeneous collection of authors, such as Georg Kaiser, Bertolt Brecht, Moss Hart, Alan Jay Lerner, and Maxwell Anderson.

Author: Stephen Hinton
ISBN-10: 0520271777
ISBN-13: 9780520271777
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 04/10/2012
Pages: 592
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2012