Tonality as drama [electronic resource] : closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas /
by Latham, Edward David
Published by : University of North Texas Press, (Denton, Texas :) Physical details: 1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) : illustrations. ISBN: 9781574412499 (cloth : alk. paper). Year: 2008Item type | Location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Electronic Books | E-Resource Section | E-Books | 782.10973 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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