Tonality as Drama : Closure and Interruption in Four Twentieth-Century American Operas

Tonality as Drama : Closure and Interruption in Four Twentieth-Century American Operas / Edward D. Latham.

Author/creator	Latham, Edward David
Other author/creator	Project Muse.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2008. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Description	1 online resource (xv, 221 pages :) : illustrations ;
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Subject(s)	Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Tender land. Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Street scene. Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917. Treemonisha. Opera--United States --20th century. Operas--Analysis, appreciation.

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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).
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index.
Source of description	Description based on print version record.
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2008013679
ISBN	9781574413717

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