HORROR – Lust und Schauer im Musiktheater
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- Subject according curriculum
- Musicology
- Teachers
- Dr. Fabian Czolbe , Prof. Dr. Gordon Kampe
- Scope
- Block dates (Fridays) in December 2025 and January 2026
- Room
- BP 11
- Duration
- 2 Semesterwochenstunden
- Description
The literary origins of the desire for horror can be found in the Gothic novels of the mid-18th century with works by Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe and Mary Shelley. In German-speaking countries, it was the fantastic horror novels of E.T.A. Hoffmann that fed the romantic desire for the irrational and supernatural. On this basis, an extensive horror literature and horror film culture developed in the 20th century. While literature and, in particular, film cultivated the genre, there are hardly any references to this material on the musical theater stage. But isn't musical theater a multi-sensory space that can stage this horror? Isn't it precisely the auditory level in films such as Psycho or The Shining that gives us the feeling of fear and powerlessness?
The seminar will explore the literary roots of the horror genre and then discuss musical-theatrical adaptations. In addition to the humorous staging of horror on stage, such as in Roger Corman's The Little Shop of Horrors or Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show, we will talk to theater makers about dramaturgies of horror and with composers about the compositional treatment of the horror genre in the present (O. Neuwirth, "Lost Highway" 2003, G. Kampe, "Frankenstein" 2018; U. Kreppein, "Calligari" 2026).Validation possible with 2 CP (participation and presentation) or 3 CP (participation, presentation and written paper). Registration via Moodle (self-enrollment) until October 25.
- Credits
- 3 Creditpoints
- Modules
- Musikwissenschaftliches Modul Gesang, Musikwissenschaftliche Seminare Gesang, Wahlmodul 1 Gesang, Wahlmodul Master Dramaturgie, Musiktheoretisch-/wissenschaftliches Modul 1, Musiktheoretisch-/wissenschaftliches Modul 2, Musiktheoretisches/Musikwissenschaftliches Wahlmodul Instrumental, Musikwissenschaft II Lehramt, Musikwissenschaftliches Modul 1, Musikwissenschaftliches Modul 2, Musikwissenschaftliches Modul 2, Musikwissenschaftliches Modul 2 Komposition/Musiktheorie, Musikwissenschaftliches Modul 3, Promotionsmodul, Wahlmodul freie Wahl (alle Studiengänge), Wahlmodul Lehramt