Since its emergence in sixteenth-century Germany, the magician Faust's quest has become one of the most profound themes in Western history. Though variants are found across all media, few adaptations have met with greater acclaim than in music. Bringing together more than two dozen authors in a foundational volume, The Oxford Handbook of Faust in Music testifies to the spectacular impact the Faust theme has exerted over the centuries. The Handbook's three-part organization enables readers to follow the evolution of Faust in music across time and stylistic periods. Part I explores symphonic, choral, chamber, and solo Faust works by composers from Beethoven to Schnittke. Part II discusses the range of Faustian operas, and Part III examines Faust's presence in ballet and musical theater. Illustrating the interdisciplinary relationships between music and literature and the fascinating tapestry of intertextual relationships among the works of Faustian music themselves, the volume suggests that rather than merely retelling the story of Faust, these musical compositions contribute significant insights on the tale and its unrivalled cultural impact.
Introduction
Charles Mcknight and Lorna Fitzsimmons
Part I Symphonic, Choral, Chamber, and Solo Faust Works
1. Selected Settings from "Auerbachs Keller"
Alberto Rizzuti
2. Musical Remembering in Schubert's Faust Settings
Marjorie Hirsch
3. Berlioz, Faust, and the Gothic
Julian Rushton
4.Schumann's Struggle with Goethe's Faust
Laura Tunbridge
5. Ideas of Redemption and the Total Artwork in Wagner's Encounters with Faust
Thomas S. Grey
6. Liszt's Faust Complexes
Jonathan Kregor
7.Gounodian Fausts by Pablo de Sarasate, Joan Baptista Pujol, and Felip Pedrell I Sabaté
Rolf Bäcker
8. Mahler's Eighth and the Faust Symphonic Tradition
James L. Zychowicz
9.Hanns Eisler and Faust in the German Democratic Republic
Joy H. Calico
10. The Paradoxical Faust Cantatas of Adrian Leverkühn and Alfred Schnittke
Charles Mcknight
Part II Faust In Opera
11. Louis Spohr's Tragic Faust
Clive Mcclelland
12. The Genesis, Transformations, Sources, and Style Of Gounod's Faust
Vincent Giroud
13. Mefistofele Triumphant--From the Ideal to the Real
Michele Girardi
14. Extending the Reach of Ferruccio Busoni's Doktor Faust
Marc-André Roberge
15. The Faustian and Mephistophelean Worlds in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
Maureen A. Carr
16. Havergal Brian's Gothic Opera Faust
Jürgen Schaarwächter
17. The Serial Concept in Pousseur's Votre Faust
Andre Brégégère
18. History and Faust in Doctor Atomic
Rebecca Cypress
19. Reflections of the Contemporary Schizophrenia in Josef Berg's Two Versions Of Johanes Doktor Faust
Martin Flasar
20. Pascal Dusapin's New Lyrical Style in Faustus, the Last Night
Jacques Amblard
Part III Faust In Ballet And Musical Theater
21. Faust Goes Dancing
Kristin Rygg
22. Heinrich Heine's Faust Ballet Scenario,1846-1948
David Conway
23. The American Musical and the Faustian Bargain
Raymond Knapp
24. Faust Rocks the Stage (Not)
Elizabeth L. Wollman
25. Helen Gifford's Marlovian Regarding Faustus
Mark Carroll
Index
