{"product_id":"opera-for-a-new-republic-9780835720526","title":"Opera for a New Republic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exploration of avant-garde music and operatic form in Weimar Germany\u003c\/b\u003eWeimar Germany -- the age of Bauhaus and Brecht -- was a time of significant activity in all areas of the artistic avant-garde.  Musicologist Susan Cook explores this intriguing period in a look at \u003ci\u003eZeitoper\u003c\/i\u003e (topical opera)and its primary exponents, Ernst Krenek, Kurt Weill and Paul Hindemith. \u003ci\u003eZeitoper\u003c\/i\u003e has proved to be of importance as an experimental form that broadened the definition of modern opera and musical theatre, incorporating elements previously thought unsuitable.  Celebrating modern life in its libretti, its scores borrowed heavily from American dance music and jazz.     \u003ci\u003eOpera for a New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to provide a broad historical,cultural and artistic context for the development of this operatic genre. Through it we learn that \u003ci\u003eZeitoper\u003c\/i\u003e, although short-lived, has proved to be a vital component in the development of twentieth-century operatic style.  Susan Cook is Professor of Musicology at the University of Wisconsin.","brand":"University of Rochester Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863046095191,"sku":"9780835720526","price":29.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780835720526.jpg?v=1759919456","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/opera-for-a-new-republic-9780835720526","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}