Opera for a New Republic: The Zeitopern of Krenek, Weill, and Hindemith (Studies in music) - Hardcover

Cook, Susan C

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0835718115 ISBN 13: 9780835718110

Publisher: University of Rochester Press, 1991

Synopsis

Weimar Germany -- the age of Bauhaus and Brecht -- was a time of significant activity in all areas of the artistic avant-garde. Musicologist Susan Cook explores this intriguing period in a look at Zeitoper (topical opera) and its primary exponentsOpera for a New Republic is the first book to provide a broad historical, cultural and artistic context for the development of this operatic genre. Through it we learn that Zeitoper, although short-lived, has proved to be a vital component iSusan Cook is Professor of Musicology at the University of Wisconsin.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0835718115
• ISBN 13: 9780835718110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296