SKU: BT.ALHE08959
French.
Jules Massenet: Le Dernier Sommeil de la Vierge (Violin & Piano).
SKU: BT.ALHE19450
'Oui, dans les Bois et dans la Plaine'.
SKU: BT.ALHE09397
From the Opera 'Werther'.
SKU: UT.APS-7
ISBN 9788881094912. 6.5 x 9.5 inches.
Saggi di Mathias Auclair, Jean-Christophe Branger, Simone Ciolfi, Matthew Franke, Vincent Giroud, Stephanie Klauk, Hugh Macdonald, Jürgen Maehder, Claire Paolacci, Jann Pasler, Marco Pollaci, Alban Ramaut, Manuela Rita, Tommaso Sabbatini, Sabine Teulon LardicThe Mediterranean world represented an inspiring cultural and social environment Jules Massenet. It provided him, in his operas and instrumental music, with characters and scenes that enabled him to interpret the spiritual and psychological tensions of the late Romantic period. For Massenet the Mediterranean world had broad boundaries in both time and place; it included Roman history, the antique Orient, and also the South of Spain, Italy and France, with their magical, sometimes sinful, nuances. Consequently, Massenet’s engagement with Mediterranean culture is dual-faceted, encompassing antique Roman and Oriental societies, with their mysterious, sensual suggestions useful for passionate opera plots, and contemporary Mediterranean societies, suitable for a more picturesque approach.This book reflects these two tendencies. The essays analyse the basic duality, but also introduce an additional viewpoint: the reception of Massenet’s music in his contemporary Mediterranean world. The analytical approaches represent an enquiry into the reception of Mediterranean compositional theory in Massenet’s training.The figure of Massenet and his music has been neglected by scholarship over the last two decades. This book aims to fill this gap with a subject not tied exclusively to music but encompassing the impact of a specific cultural dimension on the composer and his music. This dimension is broad in time and place, but no less specific for this breadth. This novel approach is one we have tried to maintain throughout the contributions. Although the enquiry is never-ending, the contributors hope that their combined effort as embodied in this book might provide a basis for further research.
SKU: HL.49019259
ISBN 9783254083104. German. Author: Stefan Schmidl.
His 'Méditation' has almost become a 'hit', his operas 'Manon' and 'Werther' are part of the repertoire of all major opera houses and yet the composer Jules Massenet (1842-1912) has remained rather unknown up to now. But this is going to change: On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Massenet's death, Stefan Schmidl presents the first biography of this grand seigneur of the French opera in the German language. He shows that Massenet's compositions were a lot more complex than 'Manon' and 'Werther' suggest and presents a new view of the music history of the 19th and early 20th centuries.Stefan Schmidl is a research fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Apart from teaching and lecturing activities, he has published papers on topics in musicology, cultural science and media science. Text in German.
SKU: HL.48187276
UPC: 888680789985. 7.5x11.0x0.743 inches. French.
With its music composed by Jules Massenet, Werther is a lyrical drama that became famous at the beginning of the 20th century. This really complete edition contains pictures, text and scores of the opera for Voice and Piano. The text is written in French and in English. Composed in four acts, the story is based on Goethe?s early life: a poet, Werther, falls in love with a girl, Charlotte, who is due to marry another man. The story revolves around these characters and the struggle of Werther to cope with his own love. Werther was performed more than 1,100 times at the Opera-Comique since it became famous..
SKU: HL.48187153
UPC: 888680976378. 7.25x10.75 inches. French.
Jules Massenet - Manon (version chant - piano).
SKU: HL.14020849
8.25x11.75x0.032 inches.
SKU: BT.ALHE07470
Jules Massenet: Air de 'Werther' No.7 bis: Larmes et Sourires (mezzo) (Voice & Piano).
