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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. |
LCCN | 2008013679 |
ISBN | 9781574412499 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN | 1574412493 (cloth : alk. paper) |