Weill's Musical Theater : Stages of Reform

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Biographical Notes; 2. The Busoni Connection; 3. One-Act Operas; 4 . "Songspiel"; 5. Plays with Music; 6. Epic Opera; 7. Didactic Theater ("Lehrstück"); 8. Stages of Exile; 9. Musical Plays; 10. Stage vs. Screen; 11. American Opera; 12. Concept and Commitment; Coda; Appendix: Weill's Works for Stage or Screen; Abbreviations; Notes; Credits; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z;
In the first musicological study of Kurt Weill's complete stage works, Stephen Hinton charts the full range of theatrical achievements by one of twentieth-century musical theater's key figures. Hinton shows how Weill's experiments with a range of genres-from one-act operas and plays with music to Broadway musicals and film-opera-became an indispensable part of the reforms he promoted during his brief but intense career. Confronting the divisive notion of "two Weills"-one European, the other American-Hinton adopts a broad and inclusive perspective, establishing criteria that allow aspects of co