Goethe's Faust - Later Derivative Works

Later Derivative Works

  • Franz Schubert's first successful song Gretchen am Spinnrade is a setting of lines spoken by Gretchen in Faust Part I.
  • Robert Schumann's secular oratorio Scenes from Goethe's Faust (1844 - 1853)
  • Hector Berlioz's "legende dramatique" La damnation de Faust (1846)
  • Charles Gounod's opera Faust (1859)
  • Arrigo Boito's opera Mefistofele (1868; 1875)
  • The second section of Mahler's Symphony No. 8 is a cantata for the last scene in part II of Goethe's Faust.
  • Randy Newman's musical Faust (1993)
  • Jan Švankmajer's film Faust (1994)
  • Alexander Sokurov's film Faust (2011)
  • The animated TV show Puella Magi Madoka Magica by Shaft is loosely based off the events of part I of the play.
  • The film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), directed by Terry Gilliam is loosely based on the story.
  • American band Kamelot's concept albums Epica and The Black Halo are loosely based around the play.
  • American band Agalloch's Faustian Echoes EP is directly based on Goethe's work and contains direct quotations from it.

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