All 3 Uses of
Faust
in
The Magic Mountain
- It was an intermezzo, a vocal solo, a "prayer" from Gounod's opera about Faust.†
Chpt 7.7 *Faust = literary character who sells his soul to the devil in order to become all-knowing
- He had...that is, the house record library contained one particular piece, "Valentin's Prayer" from Gounod's Faust, baritone and orchestra, very attractive.†
Chpt 7.8
- Faust, "Valentin's Prayer.†
Chpt 7.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(Faust) literary character who sells his soul to the devil in order to become all-knowing, or godlikeFaust's most famous appearances are as the protagonist of Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" (1604) and Goethe's "Faust" (1832).
A German necromancer, Georg Faust (~1480-~1538) is thought to have been an actual person who inspired the Faustian legend. -
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus