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Harrison Birtwistle's operas and music theatre / David Beard.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML410.B605 B43 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beard, David, 1971-
- Series:
- Music since 1900
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Birtwistle, Harrison--Criticism and interpretation.
- Birtwistle, Harrison.
- Birtwistle, Harrison. Operas.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 469 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Contents:
- The roots of Birtwistle's theatrical expression : from pantomime to Down by the Greenwood Side
- Punch and Judy : parody, allusion and the grotesque
- The Mask of Orpheus : 'lyrical formalism', time and narrative
- Yan Tan Tethera : pastoral labyrinths and the scene-agent ratio
- The shadow of opera : dramatic narrative and musical discourse in Gawain
- 'A face like music' : shaping images into sound in The Second Mrs Kong
- Corporeal music : Bow Down, The Io Passion and The Corridor 270 Artaud's 'true' theatre
- The Last Supper and The Minotaur : eyes 'half filled and half deserted'.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521895347
- 0521895340
- OCLC:
- 784576342
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