Zemlinsky / Antony Beaumont.
| Author/creator |
Beaumont, Antony |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2000. |
| Description | xvii, 524 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 25 cm |
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| Contents | I. Prologue: The Sephardic diaspora. The Spharadim ; Shem Tov Semo ; The Spharadim in Vienna ; Adolf von Zemlinszky -- II. Vienna 1871-1901. Childhood in the Leopoldstadt -- The Vienna Conservatoire. Early works -- The Polyhymnia. Dramatis personae ; The Tonkunstlerverein (I) ; Brahms ; The Polyhymnia ; Schoenberg ; Sarema ; Piano music ; A Jewish wedding ; Chamber music ; Orchestral music ; A Brahms memorial -- Fin de siecle. Conversion to Protestantism ; Es war einmal... -- Alma gentil. Adolf von Zemlinszky ; The Carltheater ; Alma again ; A picaresque interlude: the Ueberbrettl -- Alma crudel. The Triumph of Time ; The Tonkunstlerverein (II) ; Schoenberg and Mathilde ; Alma Maria Mahler -- III. Lieder. IV. Vienna 1902-1911. Symphony of death. The Little Mermaid ; The Vereinigung -- Dreams and delusions. The Volksoper (I) ; Der Traumgorge ; At the Hofoper ; Der Traumgorge (II) -- Farewell to Vienna. Dukas ; The Volksoper (II) ; A deaf child and a silent woman ; The mystery of Mannheim ; Kleider machen Leute ; Life with the Korngolds ; The Volksoper (III) ; Mahler: the final years ; With Max Reinhardt in Munich ; Beside the still waters -- V. Surface and symbol -- VI. Prague 1911-1918. The musical director. Dramatis personae ; First seasons in Prague ; String Quartet no. 2; A Florentine Tragedy -- Prague in Wartime -- VII. Lieder (II) -- VIII. Prague 1918-1927. Under Czech Rule. 'Bin ich kein Wiener?' -- Luise. The Dwarf ; Lyric symphony -- The spirit of the ISCM. String Quartet no. 3 ; Last seasons in Prague ; Mahler's Tenth ; The return of Luise; Four barren years ; Changing trains -- IX. Berlin 1927-1933. At the Krolloper. Leningrad ; 'Nicht diese Tone...' ; 'Be kind to me, oh, great dark city' ; The chalk circle. End of the Kroll ; Mahagonny ; In the recording studio ; Exodus -- The humpbacked mannikin -- XI. Vienna 1933-1938. Line 38. Der Kreidekreis goes the rounds ; 'Ich muss wieder einmal in Grinzing sein' ; Swansong -- The final synthesis. String Quartet no. 4 ; Der Konig Kandaules -- XII. Lieder (III) -- XIII. The exile. Finis Austriae ; America -- XIV. Epilogue 'Zemlinsky can wait' -- Appendix 1: List of compositions ; Appendix 2: Zemlinsky's recordings. |
| Abstract | Following his English edition of Alma Mahler-Werfel's Diaries 1898-1902, Antony Beaumont presents both the first comprehensive biography of the composer and conductor Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) and a critical assessment of his works. "Zemlinsky--all hail to you!" wrote the young Alma. "All hail to you and your art." When she first met him, Zemlinsky was the most promising Viennese composer of his generation. In 1901, when Alma abruptly ended their passionate love affair in order to marry Gustav Mahler, the crisis served to transform Zemlinsky's talent into mastery. Only long after his death, however, did his music begin to receive its due. Zemlinsky was central to the musical life of Vienna and Central Europe, and this brilliant biography illuminates a social and cultural milieu that disappeared forever with the triumph of Hitler's Reich. The author details the composer's early years as a protégé of Brahms and Mahler, his complex friendship with his brother-in-law Arnold Schoenberg, the influence of his teaching on the boy-prodigy Erich Korngold, his kindly and helpful attitude toward the hypersensitive Anton Webern, and his heartfelt friendship with Alban Berg. Zemlinsky was one of the leading conductors of the interwar period, considered by both Schoenberg and Stravinsky the finest they had ever heard. The author charts Zemlinsky's career from Vienna to Berlin, St. Petersburg, and Prague, providing insight into his Catholic-Sephardic background and investigating his keen interest in esoteric aspects of music, including color symbolism and numerology. The author's analyses of Zemlinsky's major scores are accessible and fully contextualized. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 487-509) and index. |
| LCCN | 00022272 |
| ISBN | 0801438039 (cloth) |
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