Faust Overture

Faust Overture

The "Faust Overture" is a concert overture composed by German composer Richard Wagner. Wagner originally composed it from 1839-40, intending it to be the first movement of a "Faust Symphony" based on the play " Faust" by German playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Realizing that he would not finish the planned symphony, Wagner revised the piece from 1843-44, incorporating ideas from the other planned movements, and creating instead a single-movement concert overture. He made a final revision in 1855.

References

*Westernhagen, Curt von. "Wagner: A Biography". Cambridge University Press: New York, NY 1978.
*Culshaw, John. "Wagner: The Man and His Music". Dutton: New York, NY 1978.
*"Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music", 1996 ed. Chief editor Michael Kennedy.
*"Richard Wagner: Chronology" web page [http://home.c2i.net/monsalvat/wagnerlife.htm]
*Wagner, Irmgard. "Where is Wagner's Faust?" American Goethe Society 2004. Web page [http://www.americangoethesociety.org/article_wagners_faust.php]

See also

*Faust Symphony by Franz Liszt.


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