Latham, Edward David.
Tonality as drama closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas / [electronic resource] : Edward D. Latham. - Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2008. - xv, 221 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) 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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ebrary,
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Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917. Treemonisha.
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Street scene.
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Tender land.
Operas--Analysis, appreciation.
Opera--United States--20th century.
Electronic books.
MT95 / .L37 2008eb
782.10973
Tonality as drama closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas / [electronic resource] : Edward D. Latham. - Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2008. - xv, 221 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) 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).
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917. Treemonisha.
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Street scene.
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Tender land.
Operas--Analysis, appreciation.
Opera--United States--20th century.
Electronic books.
MT95 / .L37 2008eb
782.10973