The Operas of Alban Berg, Volume II: Lulu

by George Perle

Book Overview

"The first volume of Perle's magnificent study focused on Wozuck ... .Its successor, equally painstaking and perceptive, is if anything more invaluable, for the clouds of mystery around Berg's second opera are only now beginning to disperse, and the work is coming to be regarded properly as the climax of the composer's achievement." --Andrew Clements, Opera "Perle's books have laid the groundwork for a thorough exploration of the remarkably successful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520066162
• ISBN13: 9780520066168
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"