It is the intent of this thesis to shed a new investigative light upon a musician whose importance as a creative personality and aesthetician has been sorely underestimated or at least unappreciated by fellow musicians and audiences of his own and succeeding generations, a musician who formulated a new musical aesthetic which involved the utilization of compositional techniques diametrically opposed to those which had held dominant influence over the musical world for more than half a century, a musician who attempted to fuse the Italian sense of form and clarity with Teutonic profundity, complexity, and symbolism. This musician was Ferruccio Busoni. This thesis will concentrate on the history of the Faust legend and Busoni's final work, his opera Doktor Faust (c. 1924), the creative problems opera imposed upon Busoni, and his attempt to solve them vis-a-vis his own personal aesthetic.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504216 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Harrison, Charles Scott |
| Contributors | Collins, Michael (Michael B.), 1930-2011, Brothers, Lester Dwayne, 1945- |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vii, 141 leaves: music, Text |
| Rights | Public, Harrison, Charles Scott, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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