Franz Lehár oder das schlechte Gewissen der leichten Musik

Stefan Frey

Published by De Gruyter 1995

Franz Lehár oder das schlechte Gewissen der leichten Musik

Franz Lehár or The Guilty Conscience of Light Music.

Stefan Frey

Volume 12 in the series Theatron

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110935141

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Franz Lehár (1870-1948), 'the composer most frequently performed within his own lifetime', still represents an unresolved dilemma for the historiography of music. In terms of modernism his music is of significance as a negative contrast to the products of the avant-garde, a significance largely bound up with the implications of operetta on the plane of cultural sociology within the general aesthetic context of the 20th century. Thus the question posed by operetta has little to do with aesthetic evaluation and a great deal to do with historical content. If, as Adorno suggests, "art for entertainment purposes is in social terms the guilty conscience of its serious counterpart", then Lehár's operettas, hitherto neglected by musicologists as not warranting serious attention, would in fact demand to be taken seriously as the aesthetic guilty conscience of light music.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Vorbemerkung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Inhaltsverzeichnis Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
0. “Lehár ist besser”. Vorwort Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Von einem, der auszog... Lehárs Biographie. Prolog Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
II. Warenhaus Operette. Lehárs Salonoperette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
IIΙ. Verinnerlichung zum Ausdruck gebracht. Der unbekannte Lehár Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
IV. Orpheus wandert ab ... Lehárs Graf von Luxemburg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
V. Süße Lehár-gie. Lehár und die Geschichte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
VI. Ausverkauf der Geschichte. Lehárs Lyrische Operette Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
VII. Dramatische Musik der dritten Art. Lehárs Giuditta. Epilog Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Literaturverzeichnis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217

(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
Keywords: Lehár, Franz; Operette

eBook

Published: February 6, 2013
ISBN: 9783110935141

Hardcover

Published: March 8, 1995
ISBN: 9783484660120