It takes the average reader 3 hours and 57 minutes to read The Artist-Operas of Pfitzner, Krenek and Hindemith by Claire Taylor-Jay
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This is the first book-length study of the genre of 'artist-opera', in which the work's central character is an artist who is uncomfortable with his place in the world. It investigates how three such operas (Pfitzner's Palestrina (1915), Krenek's Jonny spielt auf (1926) and Hindemith's Mathis der Maler (1935)) contributed to the debate in early twentieth-century Germany about the place of art and the artist in modern society, and examines how far the artist-character may be taken as functioning as a persona for the real composer of the work. Because of their concern with the place of art...
The Artist-Operas of Pfitzner, Krenek and Hindemith by Claire Taylor-Jay is 234 pages long, and a total of 59,436 words.
This makes it 79% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 24 minutes to read The Artist-Operas of Pfitzner, Krenek and Hindemith aloud.
The Artist-Operas of Pfitzner, Krenek and Hindemith is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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