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Tonality as drama closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas / by Latham, Edward David

Table of Contents: “…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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The musical as drama : a study of the principles and conventions behind musical shows from Kern to Sondheim / by McMillin, Scott

Table of Contents: “…Integration and difference -- The book and the numbers -- Character and the voice of the musical -- The ensemble effect -- The drama of numbers -- The orchestra -- Narration and technology : systems of omniscience -- What kind of drama is this?…”
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Tonality as Drama Closure and Interruption in Four Twentieth-Century American Operas / by Latham, Edward David

Table of Contents: “…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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Tonality as Drama : Closure and Interruption in Four Twentieth-Century American Operas / by Latham, Edward David

Table of Contents: “…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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The drama is coming now the theater criticism of Richard Gilman , 1961-1991 / by Gilman, Richard, 1923-2006

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Contemporary American drama by Saddik, Annette J., 1966-

Subjects: “…American drama 20th century History and criticism.…”
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American drama in the age of film by Brietzke, Zander, 1960-

Subjects: “…American drama 20th century History and criticism.…”
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Indigenous North American drama a multivocal history /

Subjects: “…American drama Indian authors History and criticism.…”
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Punitive damages how juries decide /

Subjects: “…Exemplary damages United States.…”
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Collateral Damage : The Influence of Political Rhetoric on the Incorporation of Second-Generation Americans / by Richey, Sean

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The face of America plays for young people /

Subjects: “…Young adult drama, American.…”
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The contrast manners, morals, and authority in the early American republic / by Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826

Subjects: “…Manners and customs Drama.…”
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Blu by Grise, Virginia

Subjects: “…Families Drama.…”
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The past as present in the drama of August Wilson by Elam, Harry Justin

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Lidless by Cowhig, Frances Ya-Chu, 1983-

Subjects: “…Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp Drama.…”
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The language of fictional television drama and identity / by Bednarek, Monika, 1977-

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Entertaining the nation : American drama in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / by Miller, Tice L.

Table of Contents: “…British drama and the colonial American stage -- American drama of the new republic -- Drama in the age of Jackson -- The age of melodrama -- Realism and American drama.…”
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Defiance by Shanley, John Patrick

Subjects: “…Marines United States Drama.…”
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Staging the war American drama and World War II / by Wertheim, Albert

Subjects: “…American drama 20th century History and criticism.…”
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State of play contemporary "high-end" TV drama / by Nelson, Robin, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : aims, scope, methods, and standpoints -- Mapping the territory, blurring the boundaries -- Distinctive product : three kinds of quality : The Sopranos, Shooting the past, Shameless -- State of play : the TV drama industry : new rules of the game -- Pushing the envelope : "edgy" TV drama, Queer as folk, Sex and the City, Carnivàle -- Techniques, technologies and cultural form -- Between global and national : 24 and Spooks, Buried and Oz -- "Quality TV" in context -- Singularity sustained : Blackpool, Casanova, State of play.…”
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