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The final scenes, drawing the work to its placid yet unsettled conclusion, hold some of Schumann's best choral writing. [4] Scenes from Goethe's Faust has often been overlooked within Schumann's impressive oeuvre, but has enjoyed a resurgence since the 1970s. The piece has been deemed among Schumann's most moving works, and a pinnacle of his ...
Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) (1906) sets the text of the final scene of Faust Part II in its lengthy second movement. F. W. Murnau's film Faust (1926) is based on older versions of the legend as well as Goethe's version. Havergal Brian's opera Faust written in 1955–56. Peter Gorski directed Gustaf Gründgens in the 1960 film, Faust.
Faust: A Tragedy (German: Faust. Eine Tragödie, pronounced [faʊ̯st ˈaɪ̯nə tʁaˈɡøːdi̯ə] ⓘ, or Faust. Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust. The tragedy's first part]) is the first part of the tragic play Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and is considered by many as the greatest work of German literature. [1] It was first published ...
Scene from Faust (usually understood as Goethe's Faust) may refer to: . Scene from Faust (Pushkin) (Russian: Сцена из Фауста) — work of Alexander Pushkin Scene from Faust (Schubert) (German: Szene aus ‘Faust’) — composition by Franz Schubert
Goethe, like Christopher Marlowe, used the Volksbuch (folk book) to gather inspiration for his Faust. (Goethe didn't read Marlowe's Doctor Faustus until 1818, the same year he began working again on the second part of his play.) In 1831, Goethe concluded the play, adding the final scene of the fifth act.
" Gretchen am Spinnrade" (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel), Op. 2, D 118, is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert using the text from Part One, scene 15 of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust. With "Gretchen am Spinnrade" and some 600 other songs for voice and piano, Schubert contributed transformatively to the genre of Lied.
Op. 98a, Lieder und Gesänge from Goethe's Wilhelm Meister (1849) Op. 98b, Requiem for Mignon for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1849) Op. 99, Bunte Blätter (1836–1849) for piano; Op. 100, The Bride of Messina overture (1850–51) Op. 101, Minnespiel on F. Rückert's Liebesfrühling (for solo and mixed SATB voices and piano) (1849)
Faust is told that Mephistopheles will serve him as long as he lives, but after his death, Faust would forfeit his soul and become enslaved forever. [2] He agrees, making a deal with the Devil, and as one of his requests for magic, Mephistopheles seduces a young woman named Gretchen (Margaretta) for Faust. She is impregnated by Faust and gives ...