| Description |
xiii, 199 pages. 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; $c 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Exposition -- Military music -- Key change : the accidental composer -- Counterpoint : what is American music? -- Development -- Vienna, con tutta forza -- Major/minor -- Vienna, recapitulation -- Choral cycles -- Sinfonia giubilante -- Lento, molto sostenuto -- Unresolved dissonance -- London : deceptive cadence -- Professor Nontroppo to the Jayhawk -- Opera 101 : composing Tartuffe -- Opera 102 : the real opera world -- The life and death of John Brown -- Everyone sang -- John Brown's resurrection -- Intermezzo : what is American opera? -- Russian extravaganza -- Tartuffe spricht Deutsch -- The rivals : flatulence will get you nowhere -- Darcy sings : Pride and prejudice -- Coda : a summing-up. |
| Subject |
Mechem, Kirke.
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Mechem, Kirke. |
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Composers -- United States -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9781442250765 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1442250763 |
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9781442250772 electronic book |
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