Inside Bluebeard's Castle
Music and Drama in Béla Bartók's Opera
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:4th Nov '99
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The first full-length study of Bartók's 1911 opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle, this book is an authoritative study of one of the twentieth century's enduring operatic works. It adopts a broad approach to the study of opera by introducing, in addition to the expected music-dramatic analysis, topics of a more interdisciplinary nature that are new to the field of Bartók studies, including a detailed literary study of the libretto and a gender-focused analysis of the opera's female character, Judith.
...Leafsteadt thoroughly and imaginatively examines Judith's character and the psychological implications of the Bluebeard legend. Writing in an accessible style based on sound scholarship, the author unites literary and musical sources. This unique, high-level study of an important early-20th-century masterpiece should appeal to graduate students, researchers, and faculty. * Choice *
ISBN: 9780195109993
Dimensions: 236mm x 157mm x 25mm
Weight: 567g
254 pages