PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bek, Mikuláš
TI  - THE HUMANITY AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM. THE DRAMATURGY OF A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY BY ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
DP  - 1993 Jun 11
TA  - Musicologica Olomucensia
PG  - 31--40
VI  - 1
IP  - 1
IS  - 27879186
AB  - The paper deals with problems of dramaturgy of the fifth opera by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942). The work was composed 1914-15 in Prague where Zemlinsky lived 1911-27. For his libretto Zemlinsky chose the play A Florentine Tragedy by Oscar Wilde. The non-classical dramaturgy of the Wilde´s drama appears to be a convenient opportunity basis for a rather traditional operatic dramaturgy based on the drama of affections. This aesthetical position was shared by Wagner as well by Zemlinsky and other early 20th century composers.