- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press (18 May 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0521284813
- ISBN-13: 978-0521284813
- Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,041,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"...an interesting, stimulating, and valuable guide to Berg's best-known opera." Choice
"In his Cambridge Opera Handbook on Wozzeck, Douglas Jarman presents a comprehensive view of Berg's opera, with chapters on the play and libretto, Berg's prior compositions, and the formal design." Dave Headlam, Notes
"...contributes significantly to the lexicon of Berg analysis....Jarman's organization is extremely clear....Especially welcome are the nineteen illustrations, all but one of which depict Wozzeck designs and performances during Berg's lifetime." Jon Alan Conrad, Opera Quarterly
"In his Cambridge Opera Handbook on Wozzeck, Douglas Jarman presents a comprehensive view of Berg's opera, with chapters on the play and libretto, Berg's prior compositions, and the formal design." Dave Headlam, Notes
"...contributes significantly to the lexicon of Berg analysis....Jarman's organization is extremely clear....Especially welcome are the nineteen illustrations, all but one of which depict Wozzeck designs and performances during Berg's lifetime." Jon Alan Conrad, Opera Quarterly
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Alban Berg's Wozzeck is one of the most significant operas of the twentieth century. Douglas Jarman's study provides a clear and accessible introduction to this work, placing it in the context of the radical developments in musical language during the early decades of the century and of the development of Berg's own musical style. The book covers all aspects of the work. Early chapters are devoted to the history and discovery of the Buchner play Woyzeck on which Berg based the libretto and to the background and composition of the opera. A detailed synopsis takes the reader through the events on stage in relation to the structured musical effects. Particular attention is given in the subsequent chapter to the unique dramatic and musical design of the opera. In offering a possible interpretation of the work Douglas Jarman considers this closely organized structure in relation to the expressionistic language of the music. A final chapter charts the performances of the opera, in particular early productions, which are illustrated with many hitherto unpublished photographs from Berg's own lifetime. An important feature of the book is the inclusion of many important and otherwise unobtainable contemporary documents concerned with the play and the opera, includine Karl Emil Franzos's description of the reconstruction of the fragmented Buchner play and three commentaries by Berg himself on the opera. This comprehensive guide will be invaluable to the student and opera–goer wishing to unravel the musical and dramatic complecities of this important work.
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I finally decided to move along from Wagner and Strauss and tried to get into atonal opera. So I bought a CD of Berg's "Wozzeck" and tried listening to it. It definitely wasn't an easy task and so I consulted this book to help me understand the opera better. It really helped. The book introduces you to Berg's life and the situation in Vienna around the time of the opera's composition and spends some time discussing the original play on which "Wozzeck" was based, all of which set me in the right mind-frame to listen to the opera. The structural elements are presented very clearly and the most important of them are explained. There are books in which the form of the opera is analysed in more detail, but this books just gives you enough to absorb if you are a newcomer to Berg. Once you've read this book and started to enjoy "Wozzeck", the next wonderful reading would be George Perle's "The operas of Alban Berg". This book goes into much more detail and the analysis is quite impressive, but requires an extensive musical background to understand all the intricacies of the form.
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