Tonality as Drama : Closure and Interruption in Four Twentieth-Century American Operas /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Latham, Edward David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Copland, Aaron, > 1900-1990. > Tender land.
Gershwin, George, > 1898-1937. > Porgy and Bess.
Weill, Kurt, > 1900-1950. > Street scene.
Joplin, Scott, > 1868-1917. > Treemonisha.
Opera > United States > 20th century.
Operas > Analysis, appreciation.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tonality as drama: an introduction
  • Dramatic closure: the Stanislavsky system and the attainment of character objectives
  • Tonal closure: a Schenkerian approach to tonal drama
  • The completed background line with open-ended coda: Scott Joplin's grand opera Treemonisha (1911)
  • The multi-movement Anstieg or initial ascent: George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess (1935)
  • The multi-movement initial arpeggiation: Kurt Weill's Broadway opera Street scene (1947)
  • The prolonged permanent interruption: Aaron Copland's operatic tone poem The tender land (1954).

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