Inside Bluebeard's Castle: Music and Drama in Béla Bartók's Opera
- Author: Leafstedt, Carl S.
Leafsteadt thoroughly and imaginatively examines Judith's character and the psychological implications of the Bluebeard legend. Writing in an accessible style based on sound scholarship, the... — More…
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Contents
- Introduction
- PART I . Bartok, Balazs, and the Creation of a Modern Hungarian Opera 1. Bartok, Balazs, and the Creation of Bluebeard's Castle 2. Bluebeard as Theater: The Dramatic Heritage of Balazs's Symbolist Play
- PART II . Music and Drama in Bluebeard's Castle 3. The Music of Bluebeard's Castle 4. Analysis of Individual Scenes - Prologue - Torture Chamber - Armory - Treasury - Garden - Bluebeard's Domains - Lake of Tears - Former Wives 5. Bartok's Revisions to the
- PART III . Contextual Studies 6. The Bluebeard Story in Turn-of-the-Century Literature 7. Judith: The Significance of a Name Appendix. Duke Bluebeard's Castle: Notes on the text by Bela Balazs, circa 1915