Tonality as drama closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas /

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Hoofdauteur: Latham, Edward David
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2008.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • 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).