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
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Tonality as drama : closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas / Edward D. Latham.
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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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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).
Operas Analysis, appreciation.
Opera United States 20th century.
Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917. Treemonisha.
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Street scene.
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess.
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Tender land.
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title_full Tonality as drama : closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas / Edward D. Latham.
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title_auth Tonality as drama : closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas /
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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).
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