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One of the most famous voices to have survived from the Roman world, Catullus's poetry is still amongst the most popular and widely read. But what is it that makes this 2,000-year-old voice so relevant, so personal, and so endlessly fascinating? Reinvigorating discussions around the nature of Catullus's lyricism, Catullus in Twentieth-Century Music takes a completely new approach to Catullus and ideas of lyric. It centres around four musical works from the twentieth century, each one capturing the essence of Catullus in musical retellings and showcasing a very personal response to the original text. Considering how and why these musical composers used Catullus's poetry as their stimulus allows us to uncover new ideas about Catullus's poetry. By considering the very process of reception, Stephanie Oade takes a broader view of lyric, identifying traits and characteristics that are common to both music and poetry, thus transcending the boundaries of individual art forms in order to consider the genre in larger, interdisciplinary terms. It offers insights into compositional processes and challenges audiences to think about ways of engaging with music and poetry. More than anything, it shows how ancient voices continue to resound in modernity and offer everlasting expression for our own experiences and emotions.
Contents
1: Introduction
Part I: Catullus as a Lyric Poet
The Context: Ideas of Lyric
2: Catullus Within the Ancient Lyric Tradition
3: A Modern Lyric View of Catullus
4: Music and Lyric
Part II: Lyric and Song
The Context: The Catullus of Rorem and Rawsthorne
5: The Lyric Setting in Rorem s Catullus: On the Burial of his Brother
6: Instability in Catullus 3 and Rawsthorne s Lament for a Sparrow
Part III: Staging the Cycle
The Context: Orff s Catullus
7: Cycles in Catullus and Orff s Catulli Carmina: Ludi Scaenici
8: Orff s Narrative-Dramatic Cycle
Part IV: Lyric and Drama
The Context: The Presence of Catullus 64 in Strauss-Hofmannsthal s Ariadne auf Naxos
9: Lyric Structures in Catullus 64 and Strauss-Hofmannsthal s Ariadne auf Naxos
10: A Lyric Figure: Ariadne
11: Strauss s Musical Drama
12: Conclusion
Appendix 1: Beardsley s Ave Atque Vale
Appendix 2: A Glossary of Musical Terminology
