| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and index. |
| 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). |
| Summary |
Drawing on the fields of dramaturgy, music theory, and historical musicology, this book answers a question about twentieth-century music: Why does tonality persist in opera, even after it has been abandoned in other genres? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917. Treemonisha.
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Street scene.
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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess.
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Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Tender land.
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Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917. Treemonisha. |
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Street scene. |
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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. |
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Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Tender land. |
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Porgy and Bess (Gershwin, George) |
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Street scene (Weill, Kurt) |
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Tender land (Copland, Aaron) |
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Treemonisha (Joplin, Scott) |
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Copland, Aaron. |
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Weill, Kurt. |
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Gershwin, George. |
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Porgy and Bess. |
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Street scene. |
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Operas -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Operas -- Analysis, appreciation. |
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Opera -- United States -- 20th century.
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Opera. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Latham, Edward David. Tonality as drama. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2008 9781574412499 (DLC) 2008013679 (OCoLC)220098192 |
| ISBN |
9781441646200 (electronic book) |
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1441646205 (electronic book) |
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1574412493 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781574412499 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781597345880 |
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1597345881 |
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1282555480 |
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9781282555488 |
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9781574412499 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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