FLAŠAR, Martin. Reflections of the Contemporary Schizophrenia in Josef Berg’s Two Versions of Johanes doktor Faust. In Fitzsimmons, Lorna; McKnight, Charles. The Oxford Handbook of Faust in Music. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 407-422. ISBN 978-0-19-993518-5. 2019.
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Original name Reflections of the Contemporary Schizophrenia in Josef Berg’s Two Versions of Johanes doktor Faust
Authors FLAŠAR, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition New York, The Oxford Handbook of Faust in Music, p. 407-422, 16 pp. 2019.
Publisher Oxford University Press
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 60403 Performing arts studies
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/19:00111874
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 978-0-19-993518-5
Keywords in English Czech music; avant-garde; Josef Berg; Doctor Faustus; opera; 19th century music; 20th century music
Tags rivok, topvydavatel
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Czech music has a lengthy tradition of the Faustian theme settings extending back to the 19th century. Two important attempts to handle this topic were made by the composer, writer and poet Josef Berg (1927-1971). Berg’s position in the post-war music resembled in many ways the story of Doctor Faustus. It was marked by a necessity of choice between official existence provided by Czechoslovak Composers Union (as an extension of communist regime) and the life in isolated opposition. After starting his career as an optimistic supporter of communist ideas, he shifted to a critical mode supported by irony, imitation, deformation and parody. At the turn of the 1960s Berg worked on two different versions of the Faustus theme. The first one was conceived as a grand opera inspired by the poetics of folk puppet-theatre, the second one was created as a chamber opera for three persons and a small ensemble.
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