Goethe's Faust

In music and film

  • Ludwig van Beethoven's Opus 75 no 3 (1809) Song – Aus Goethes Faust: "Es war einmal ein König"
  • In 1814 Franz Schubert set a text from Faust Part I, scene 18 as "Gretchen am Spinnrade" (D 118; Op. 2). It was his first setting of a text by Goethe. Later Lieder by Schubert based on Faust: D 126, 367, 440 and 564.[21]
  • Robert Schumann's secular oratorio Scenes from Goethe's Faust (1844–1853)
  • Hector Berlioz's "légende dramatique" La damnation de Faust (1846)
  • Franz Liszt's Faust Symphony (1857)
  • Charles Gounod's opera Faust (1859)
  • Arrigo Boito's opera Mefistofele (1868; 1875)
  • 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.
  • Randy Newman's musical Faust (1993)
  • Jan Švankmajer's film Faust (1994)
  • Rudolf Volz's Rock Opera Faust with original lyrics by Goethe (1997)[22][23]
  • American metal band Kamelot's CDs Epica (2003) and The Black Halo (2005) are based on Faust.
  • Alexander Sokurov's film Faust (2011)
  • American band Agalloch's Faustian Echoes EP is directly based on Goethe's work and contains direct quotations from it.
  • Philipp Humm's modern art film The Last Faust (2019) is directly based on Goethe's Faust and is the first film made on Faust part I and part II.[24]
  • The production is also briefly mentioned in Katja Ebateins 1976 personality television show “Katja and Co”. The work is mentioned in a song segment called Theater, Theater die Gosse Illusion where Katja plays the part of Gretchen.

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