Tonality as drama : : closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas / / Edward D. Latham.

Drawing on the fields of dramaturgy, music theory, and historical musicology, this book answers a question about twentieth-century music: Why does tonality persist in opera, even after it has been abandoned in other genres?

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Year of Publication:2008
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (238 p.)
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