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Inside Bluebeards Castle
This is the first book-length examination of Bartoks 1911 opera Duke Bluebeards Castle one of the twentieth centurys enduring operatic works. Writing in an engaging style Leafstedt adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the opera by introducing in addition to music-dramatic analysis a number of topics that are new to the field of Bartok studies. These new areas of critical and scholarly terrain include a detailed literary study of the libretto and a gender-focused analysis of the operas female character Judith. Leafstedt begins with a short introductory chapter that places Duke Bluebeards Castle within the context of Bartoks early composing career his discovery of folk music and its impact on his later work. The book goes on to explore the compositions troubled history its failure to win
two early Hungarian opera competitions and the three versions of the ending that resulted discussed here in depth for the first time. The core of the book is devoted to the musical and dramatic organization of the opera and offers an analysis of the seven individual door scenes including a detailed analysis of scene six the lake of tears" scene illustrating the works complex tonal organization and dramatic structure. A separate chapter places this darkly psychological version of the Bluebeard story within the broader context of European history and literature. Throughout the book Leafstedt draws on original Hungarian source material much of it newly translated by the author and available here for the first time in English and he includes a generous selection of musical examples.
Inside Bluebeards Castle is an ideal starting point for research in twentieth-century music Hungarian cultural history and opera studies as well as an invaluable guide for anyone interested in Bartoks only opera."
two early Hungarian opera competitions and the three versions of the ending that resulted discussed here in depth for the first time. The core of the book is devoted to the musical and dramatic organization of the opera and offers an analysis of the seven individual door scenes including a detailed analysis of scene six the lake of tears" scene illustrating the works complex tonal organization and dramatic structure. A separate chapter places this darkly psychological version of the Bluebeard story within the broader context of European history and literature. Throughout the book Leafstedt draws on original Hungarian source material much of it newly translated by the author and available here for the first time in English and he includes a generous selection of musical examples.
Inside Bluebeards Castle is an ideal starting point for research in twentieth-century music Hungarian cultural history and opera studies as well as an invaluable guide for anyone interested in Bartoks only opera."
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