Background
Chamness, Nancy Otis was born on April 28, 1956 in Patuxent River, Maryland, United States. Daughter of Gordon Raynesford and Alice Reid Otis.
(The libretto is an integral part of every opera, but it i...)
The libretto is an integral part of every opera, but it is also a text in its own right and therefore able to be viewed both in isolation, as literature, and in conjunction with the music, for which it serves as a foundation. In this book, Nancy O. Chamness presents a thorough and innovative analysis of the origins of Busoni’s Doktor Faust libretto, both in terms of Busoni’s development of the text through several revisions and in terms of its place in the literary tradition of the Faust legend, including Goethe’s Faust and the Faust puppet plays. She then applies this analysis to understand how the libretto functions as a literary text, as an open drama, and as part of the music and action of the opera.
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consultant literature and language professor
Chamness, Nancy Otis was born on April 28, 1956 in Patuxent River, Maryland, United States. Daughter of Gordon Raynesford and Alice Reid Otis.
Bachelor in English, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1978. Master of Arts in German, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1993.
Assistant professor Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 1989—1991, lecturer German, since 1991. Director research and programs Center African American Art and History, since 2008. Consultant German translation and editing, Holland, since 1995.
(The libretto is an integral part of every opera, but it i...)
Married David W. Chamness.