Unsung Voices : Opera and Musical Narrative in the Nineteenth Century /

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Who "speaks" to us in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, in Wagner's operas, in a Mahler symphony? In asking this question, Carolyn Abbate opens nineteenth-century operas and instrumental works to new interpretations as she explores the voices projected by music. The nineteenth-century m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abbate, Carolyn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1996
Edition:Second printing, and first paperback printing.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Libretto's.
Verteltheorie.
Opera's.
Opera.
Music > Philosophy and aesthetics.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Opera.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
Musique > 19e siecle > Philosophie et esthetique.
Music > 19th century > Philosophy and aesthetics.
Opera > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Music's voices
  • What the sorcerer said
  • Cherubino uncovered : reflexivity in operatic narration
  • Mahler's deafness : opera and the scene of narration in Todtenfeier
  • Wotan's monologue and the morality of musical narration
  • Brunnhilde walks by night.

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