Berichte: Frankfurt am Main, 5. bis 7. Mai 1999--I. Interdisziplinäres Symposion der Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst "...das poetischste Thema der Welt? Der Tod einer schönen Frau in Musik, Literatur, Religion, Medizin und Kunst"

Describes an interdisciplinary conference held in Frankfurt, Germany during May 1999 which assembled scholars from different fields to discuss a theme suggested by a quote from American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Discusses lectures on topics which included musical treatments in Verdi's operas, Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," and music of Schoenberg and Zemlinsky.