Abstract
RILM: "A critical edition of Weill's opera and music theater works confronts special editorial problems. The complex and dynamic identity of a work for the theater conflicts with the paradigm of the stable, definitive text that critical editions usually aim to present. Further, the collaborative nature of such works allows significant influence to be exerted on the text by individuals other than the composer. A satisfactory solution to these problems is not possible by recourse to the conventional musical-editorial philosophy that has prevailed for most of the 20th c. Rather, a new philosophy that places a positive value on the development of a text through practice and collaboration must be employed."
DOI
10.5642/perfpr.199609.02.02
Recommended Citation
Harsh, Ed
(1996)
"With Intent to Stage: Editing Kurt Weill's Music for the Theater,"
Performance Practice Review:
Vol. 9:
No.
2, Article 2.
DOI: 10.5642/perfpr.199609.02.02
Available at:
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/ppr/vol9/iss2/2