Don Juan and Don Giovanni. Literature and music in the formation of the myth
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https://doi.org/10.1344/Materia2023.21.7Keywords:
Don Giovanni, Don Juan, lyrics and music, poetry, idea, word, tragedyAbstract
This article tries to pose the topic «lyrics and music» from a critical-literary point of view and not an historical-musical consideration. The purpose is analyze what is and how is produced the passage from a normal language to the stave, namely, since words to musical sounds and their mutual influences; in the sense of exploring, for example, the meaning of Beethoven’s words about his Name Day Overture, who affirmed they was «written in sounds». The ultimate aim is to understand better the crucial importance of the opera Don Giovanni in the mythical becoming of Don Juan, who is primarily a literary character.
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