{"product_id":"kurt-weill-the-threepenny-opera-paperback-9780521338882","title":"Kurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera (Paperback) 9780521338882","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKurt Weill: The Threepenny Opera\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a book on the best known of the Weill-Brecht collaborations which explores the extent and significance of the composer's contribution.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen Hinton (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521338882, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 July 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages, 19 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.7 x 1.6 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a book on the best known of the Weill-Brecht collaborations which explores the extent and significance of the composer's contribution. After a detailed reconstruction of the work's genesis and continued revision over three decades, Stephen Hinton examines the spin-offs on which Weill and Brecht participated: the instrumental suite, the film, the lawsuit, the novel, and the musical and textual revisions of songs. In a survey of the stage history, Hinton pays particular attention to pioneering productions in Germany and Great Britain. Kim Kowalke provides an exhaustive account of the history of The Threepenny Opera in America, Geoffrey Abbott addresses questions concerning authentic performance practice, and David Drew analyses large-scale motivic relationships in the music. Among the earliest writings on the work reprinted here, those by Theodor W. Adorno, Ernst Bloch and Walter Benjamin appear for the first time in English translation. The book contains numerous illustrations, a discography, and music examples.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeneral preface\u003cbr\u003e List of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Synopsis: 1. Brecht's narration for a concert version of Die Dreigroschenoper\u003cbr\u003e Part II. History: 2. 'Matters of intellectual property': the sources and genesis of Die Dreigroschenoper Stephen Hinton\u003cbr\u003e 3. The premiere and after Stephen Hinton\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Threepenny Opera in America Kim H. Kowalke\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Analysis and Criticism: 5. The Threepenny Opera Bertolt Brecht\u003cbr\u003e 6. Correspondence concerning The Threepenny Opera Kurt Weill\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'The Threepenny Opera': a Berlin Burlesque by the Berlin Correspondent of The Times\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Threepenny Opera Theodor Wiesengrund-Adorno\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Threepenny Opera Ernst Bloch\u003cbr\u003e 10. Three-groats Opera Eric Blom\u003cbr\u003e 11. L'Opera de Quat'Sous Walter Benjamin\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Threepenny Opera Hans Keller\u003cbr\u003e 13. Motifs, tags and related matter David Drew\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Dreigroschen-Sound 15. Misunderstanding The Threepenny Opera Stephen Hinton\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Discography Stephen Hinton\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001080140056,"sku":"9780521338882","price":24.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521338882i_1a351571-bec2-46bf-a522-6509179b022a.jpg?v=1691375440","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/kurt-weill-the-threepenny-opera-paperback-9780521338882","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}