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British music and literary context : artistic connections in the long nineteenth century.
This book refutes the notion that British composers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century lacked literary credentials, showing that they instead displayed a real confidence and assurance in refiguring literary texts in their music. It explores how literary context might offer modern aud...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge : Brewer,
Boydell & amp ;
2012.
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| Colección: | Music in Britain, 1600-1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book refutes the notion that British composers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century lacked literary credentials, showing that they instead displayed a real confidence and assurance in refiguring literary texts in their music. It explores how literary context might offer modern audiences and listeners a 'way in' to appreciate specific works that have traditionally been viewed as problematic. Issues highlighted in the book include the vexed relationship between words and music, the refiguring of literary narratives as musical structures, and the ways in which musical settings. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (334 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-306) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846159558 1846159555 |