“A soul, rubbing the sleep from its eyes in the next world”: Dramaturgical Aspects of Metaphysical Temporality in the Libretti of Alban Berg’s Operas
Temporality, as a narrative device, was a central element in Alban Berg’s operas both textually and musically. The systematic form of creating circular structures with palindromes via large-scale retrogrades was meant to turn narrative time back onto itself as an expression of fatalistic negation. T...
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Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Musicologica Austriaca |
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| Online Access: | http://www.musau.org/parts/neue-article-page/view/67 |