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100 1 a| Berg, Alban,d| 1885-1935.=| ^A26329;

245 10 a| Wozzeck /c| Alban Berg.;

250 a| New edition.;

260 a| Richmond :b| Overture Publishing,c| 2011.;

300 a| 112 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm.;

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490 1 a| Opera guides ;v| 42;

500 a| Opera libretto, adapted by the composer from Georg Büchner's Woyzeck ; English translation by Eric Blackall and Vida Harford.;

500 a| This Opera guide first published by John Calder (Publishers) Ltd in 1990.;

546 a| Text in English and German.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (page 112) and discography.;

520 a| According to Elias Canetti, "with Wozzeck, Büchner achieved the most complete revolution in the whole of literature". The same can be said of Berg?s opera, as revolutionary in the history of music. Mark DeVoto and Theo Hirsrunner discuss why this complex score suits the chaotic nature of the play. In his famous essay about the opera, Theodor Adorno shows how what seems fragmentary in the text is actually complete. Kenneth Segar offers a new interpretation of the play in the light of the most recent Büchner research. The play as Berg knew it is set out with a translation, and this unique source material is complemented by a series of critical reactions to the first London production in 1952.;

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700 1 a| Büchner, Georg,d| 1813-1837.t| Woyzeck.=| ^A495240;

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700 1 a| Blackall, Eric A.q| (Eric Albert),e| translator.=| ^A36602;

700 1 a| Spencer, Stewart,e| translator.=| ^A221858;

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Wozzeck / Alban Berg.

Author/creator	Berg, Alban
Format	Book
Edition	New edition.
Publication Info	Richmond : Overture Publishing, 2011.
Description	112 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Wozzeck. Operas--Librettos.

Included Work	Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Wozzeck Libretto. English.
Included Work	Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Wozzeck Libretto. German.
Included Work	Büchner, Georg, 1813-1837. Woyzeck.
Included Work	Harford, Vida, translator.
Included Work	Blackall, Eric A. (Eric Albert), translator.
Included Work	Spencer, Stewart, translator.
Other author/creator	English National Opera.
Series	Opera guides ; 42 Opera guide ; 42. ^A176004
Contents	'Wozzeck' in context / Mark DeVoto -- George Büchner's 'Woyzeck': an interpretation / Kenneth Segar -- The musico-dramatic structure in 'Wozzeck' -- Musical form and dramatic expression in 'Wozzeck' / Theo Hirsbrunner -- On the characteristics of 'Wozzeck' / Theodor W. Adorno -- 'Wozzeck' at Covent Garden, 1952 / John Amis, Eric Walter White, Arthur Jacobs, William Mann, Joan Chissell, Geoffrey Bush, Deryck Cooke, Robert L. Jacobs -- Thematic guide -- 'Woyzeck' / Georg Büchner, edited by Franzos and Landau, 1909 ; 'Wozzeck' / performing translation of Berg's libretto by Vida Harford and Eric Blackall ; additional material from Büchner translated by Stewart Spencer -- A comparative structure of the play and the opera -- Discography / David Nice.
Abstract	According to Elias Canetti, "with Wozzeck, Büchner achieved the most complete revolution in the whole of literature". The same can be said of Berg?s opera, as revolutionary in the history of music. Mark DeVoto and Theo Hirsrunner discuss why this complex score suits the chaotic nature of the play. In his famous essay about the opera, Theodor Adorno shows how what seems fragmentary in the text is actually complete. Kenneth Segar offers a new interpretation of the play in the light of the most recent Büchner research. The play as Berg knew it is set out with a translation, and this unique source material is complemented by a series of critical reactions to the first London production in 1952.
General note	Opera libretto, adapted by the composer from Georg Büchner's Woyzeck ; English translation by Eric Blackall and Vida Harford.
General note	This Opera guide first published by John Calder (Publishers) Ltd in 1990.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (page 112) and discography.
Language	Text in English and German.
ISBN	9780714544434 (paperback)
ISBN	0714544434 (paperback)

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