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  1. Narratives of identity in Alban Berg's 'Lulu'

    Santos, Silvio J. dos
    Rochester, New York ; Woodbridge, England : University of Rochester Press, 2014.

    Exploring the crossroads between autobiographical narrative and musical composition, this book examines Berg's transformation of Frank Wedekind's Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora--the plays used in the formation of the libretto forulu -- according to notions of gender identity, social customs, and the aesthetics of modernity in the Vienna of the 1920s and 1930s. While Berg modernized several aspects of the plays and incorporated serial techniques of composition from Arnold Schoenberg, he never let go of the idealistic Wagnerian perspectives of his youth. In fact, he went as far as reconfiguring aspects of Richard Wagner's life as an ideal identity to be played out in the compositional process. In composing the opera, Berg also reflected on the most important cultural figures in fin-de-siècle Vienna that affected his worldview, including Karl Kraus, Emil Lucka, Otto Weininger, and others. Combining analysis of Berg's correspondence, numerous sketches for Lulu, ane finished work with interpretive models drawn from cultural studies and philosophy, this book elucidates the ways in which Berg grappled at the end of his life with his self-image as an "incorrigible romantic," and explains aspects of his musical language that have been considered strange or anomalous in Berg scholarship [Publisher description].Exploring the crossroads between autobiographical narrative and musical composition, this book examines Berg's transformation of Frank Wedekind's Erdgeist and Die Buchse der Pandora -- the plays used in the formation of the libretto for Lulu -- according to notions of gender identity, social customs, and the aesthetics of modernity in the Vienna of the 1920s and 1930s. While Berg modernized several aspects of the plays and incorporated serial techniques of composition from Arnold Schoenberg, he never let go of the idealistic Wagnerian perspectives of his youth. In fact, he went as far as reconfiguring aspects of Richard Wagner's life as an ideal identity to be played out in the compositional process. In composing the opera, Berg also reflected on the most important cultural figures in fin-de-siecle Vienna that affected his worldview, including Karl Kraus, Emil Lucka, Otto Weininger, and others. Combining analysis of Berg's correspondence, numerous sketches for Lulu, and the finished work with interpretive models drawn from cultural studies and philosophy, this book elucidates the ways in which Berg grappled at the end of his life with his self-image as an "incorrigible romantic, " and explains aspects of his musical language that have been considered strange or anomalous in Berg scholarship. Silvio J. dos Santos is assistant professor of musicology at the University of Florida.

  2. Symphonie-Fragmente

    Berg, Alban, 1885-1935
    Ausg. in Facsim. mit Übertragung / vorgelegt und eingeleitet von Rudolf Stephan. - Wien : Universal Edition, 1984.

  3. Alban Berg's Wozzeck : a translation and phonetic guide for musicians

    Berg, Alban, 1885-1935
    First edition - Hillsdale, NY : Pendragon Press, 2020

    "This text is a complete phonetic transcription and detailed translation from German into English of the libretto of Alban Berg's Wozzeck. Knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet will be essential for any performer or scholar who utilizes this resource. While a musicologist, instrumentalist, conductor, coach, or theorist may gain insight from this resource, it was prepared with the unique and specific needs of a singer as the guiding principle of all efforts and research. A singer's translation and phonetic transcription of Wozzeck does not, as yet, exist in any format whatsoever, but this resource would enable any non-German-speaking singer the opportunity to assimilate this work in a fashion that is simply not possible now with the current available literature. While there is a great deal of musicological and musico-theoretical literature about Wozzeck available, there was - until now - neither a useful, practical translation of the opera's libretto nor a phonetic transcription of any kind of the opera's libretto. My resource meets both of these needs in one text"--

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