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Britten's musical language /

"Blending insights from linguistic and social theories of speech, ritual, and narrative with music-analytic and historical criticism, Britten's Musical Language offers fresh perspectives on the composer's fusion of verbal and musical utterance in opera and song. It provides close inte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rupprecht, Philip Ernst
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, Ã2001.
Colección:Music in the twentieth century ; 17.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Britten's musical language
  • 2. Peter Grimes: the force of operatic utterance
  • 3. Motive and narrative in Billy Budd
  • 4. The Turn of the Screw: innocent performance
  • 5. Rituals: the War Requiem and Curlew River
  • 6. Subjectivity and perception in Death in Venice.