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Franz Liszt was preoccupied with a fundamental but difficult
question: what is the content of music? His answer lay in his
symphonic poems, a group of orchestral pieces intended to depict a
variety of subjects drawn from literature, visual art and drama.
Today, the symphonic poems are usually seen as alternatives to the
symphony post-Beethoven. Analysts stress their symphonic logic,
thereby neglecting their 'extramusical' subject matter. This book
takes a different approach: it returns these influential pieces to
their original performance context in the theatre, arguing that the
symphonic poem is as much a dramatic as a symphonic genre. This is
evidenced in new analyses of the music that examines the
theatricality of these pieces and their depiction of voices,
mise-en-scene, gesture and action. Simultaneously, the book
repositions Liszt's legacy within theatre history, arguing that his
contributions should be placed alongside those of Mendelssohn,
Berlioz and Wagner.
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