Alban Berg and Hanna Fuchs : the story of a love in letters / Constantin Floros ; translated by Ernest Bernhardt-Kabisch.

Author/creator Floros, Constantin
Other author Bernhardt-Kabisch, Ernest, 1934- translator.
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxx, 145 pages : portraits, music ; 23 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleAlban Berg und Hanna Fuchs. English
Contents The "Matter of Hanna Fuchs" -- Inventory and chronology of the official correspondence and the secret letters -- Alban Berg's correspondence with Hanna and Herbert Fuchs-Robettin -- The history of an unhappy love -- The lyric suite -- "Whom else does it concern but you": autobiographical elements in the concert aria Der Wein -- Afterword. Hanna and Helene -- Appendix. Two letters from Theodor W. Adorno to Helene Berg.
Abstract In the fall of 1976, 14 letters by Alban Berg, renowned composer of the Second Viennese School, were discovered in the posthumous papers of Hanna Fuchs-Robettin, wife of a Prague industrialist and sister of Franz Werfel, the well-known Austro-Czech writer. In the 1920s Berg gained international notoriety with his opera Wozzeck and the Lyric Suite, which was largely inspired by his relationship with Fuchs. The secret letters were delivered to Hanna surreptitiously by Theodor Adorno and Alma Mahler Werfel. They were brought to New York by Hanna on her flight from Nazi persecution, and were eventually found in her estate after her death. First discovered by George Perle, then deciphered and transcribed in German by the author, they appear here in English for the first time.
General noteOriginally published as Alban Berg und Hanna Fuchs: die geschichte einer liebe in briefen, c2001.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 139-142) and index.
LCCN 2007019379
ISBN9780253349668 (alk. paper)
ISBN0253349664 (alk. paper)

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Music Music Stacks ML410.B47 F5313 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold