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Blackness in opera /
"Blackness in Opera critically examines the intersections of race and music in the multifaceted genre of opera. A diverse cross-section of scholars places well-known operas (Porgy and Bess, Aida, Treemonisha) alongside lesser-known works such as Frederick Delius's Koanga, William Grant Sti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Representing blackness on the operatic stage
- From Otello to Porgy : blackness, masculinity, and morality in opera / Naomi André
- Hearing the other in The masque of blackness / Sarah Schmalenberger
- Nationalism, racial difference, and "Egyptian" meaning in Verdi's Aida / Christopher R. Gauthier and Jennifer McFarlane-Harris
- Race, "realism," and fate in Frederick Delius's Koanga / Eric Saylor
- Political currents and black culture in Scott Joplin's Treemonisha / Ann Sears
- Clarence Cameron White's Ouanga! in the world of the Harlem Renaissance / Karen M. Bryan
- New paradigms in William Grant Still's Blue steel / Gayle Murchison
- Performers in Catfish Row : Porgy and Bess as collaboration / Gwynne Kuhner Brown
- Searching for "authenticity" in Paul Bowles's Denmark Vesey / Melissa J. de Graaf
- The politics of color in Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones / Melinda Boyd
- Performing race in Ernst Krenek's Jonny spielt auf / Jonathan O. Wipplinger
- Il Rodolfo nero, or the masque of blackness / George Shirley.