Tonality as Drama : Closure and Interruption in Four Twentieth-Century American Operas / Edward D. Latham.
| Author/creator | Latham, Edward David |
| Other author | Project Muse. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©2008. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015) |
| Description | 1 online resource (xv, 221 pages :) : illustrations ; |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available: |
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| Series | Book collections on Project MUSE. UNAUTHORIZED |
| 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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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |