Description: Further DetailsTitle: Oedipus Rex/The Rake's ProgressCondition: NewEAN: 9780714544441ISBN: 9780714544441Publisher: Overture PublishingFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 04/28/2011Language: EnglishItem Height: 215mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 167gAuthor: Igor StravinskyISBN-10: 0714544442Description: Stravinsky’s genius for the stage is here represented by two very different works. Oedipus Rex (1927) is the fruit of a collaboration with Jean Cocteau, in which the Sophocles tragedy is pared down to make an opera-oratorio of overwhelming impact. Judith Weir analyses how this is achieved: the Latin text has an immediacy which is sometimes even comic, and the vibrant rhythms are reminiscent of the Italian operatic tradition – explored by David Nice in his analysis of the score. The libretto of The Rake’s Progress (1951) by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman is one of the greatest English opera texts. In a survey of the composition period, Roger Savage examines the contributions of the different collaborators.Contents: The Person of Fate and the Fate of the Person: ‘Oedipus Rex’, David Nice; ‘Oedipus Rex’: A Personal View, Judith Weir; On an Oratorio, Jean Cocteau; Oedipus Rex: Libretto by Jean Cocteau, translated into Latin by Jean Daniélou; Oedipus Rex: English translation of the narration by e. e. cummings and of the Latin text by Deryck Cooke; Making a Libretto: Three Collaborations over ‘The Rake’s Progress’, Roger Savage; The New and the Classical in ‘The Rake’s Progress’, Brian Trowell; The Rake’s Progress: Libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester KallmanCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBContributor: Nicholas John (Volume editor)Genre: Music Dance & TheatreRelease Year: 2011 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Oedipus Rex/The Rake's Progress
Title: Oedipus Rex/The Rake's Progress
EAN: 9780714544441
ISBN: 9780714544441
Release Date: 04/28/2011
Release Year: 2011
ISBN-10: 0714544442
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Contributor: Nicholas John (Volume editor)
Original Language: French
Book Title: Oedipus Rex/The Rake's Progress
Number of Pages: 112 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Alma Classics
Topic: Printed Music / Opera & Classical Scores, Genres & Styles / Opera
Item Height: 0.3 in
Publication Year: 2011
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music
Item Weight: 5.9 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Igor Stravinsky
Item Width: 5.5 in
Book Series: English National Opera Guides
Format: Trade Paperback
