Language:
German
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Music and Exile
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2023) 155-167
Keywords:
Goldschmidt, Berthold.
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Goldschmidt, Berthold Appreciation
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Jewish composers
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Exiles
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Opera
Abstract:
‚Forgotten and rediscovered‘ – such is the framework within which to approach and appreciate the life and work of Berthold Goldschmidt. A key phrase that indicates the influence of socio-political conditions and music-aesthetic currents on Berthold Goldschmidt’s biography, and its reflection in the reception of his compositional oeuvre. This is especially exemplified in Goldschmidt’s so-called bel canto opera Beatrice Cenci, last produced in July 2018 as part of the Bregenz Festival. The difficult, even tragic, situation of the ‘British composer of German birth’, as he is described in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, is documented in its choice of subject as well as in the history of its reception. In this essay, both the choice of subject and music-dramaturgical conception of Beatrice Cenci are addressed, as well as its history of creation and reception.
DOI:
10.1163/9789004544109_010
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