The music of tragedy : performance and imagination in Euripidean theater / Naomi A. Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Naomi A., 1982- author.

Series:

Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Euripides--Criticism and interpretation.

Euripides.

Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism.

Greek drama (Tragedy).

Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism.

Music, Greek and Roman.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xiii, 284 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Summary:

"The Music of Tragedy offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical language, imagery, and performance in the late work of Euripides. Naomi Weiss demonstrates that Euripides' allusions to music-making are not just metatheatrical flourishes or gestures towards musical and religious practices external to the drama but closely interwoven with the dramatic plot. Situating Euripides' experimentation with the dramaturgical effects of mousikē within a broader cultural context, she shows how much of his novelty lies in his reinvention of traditional lyric styles and motifs for the tragic stage. If we wish to understand better the trajectories of this most important ancient art form, The Music of Tragedy argues, we must pay closer attention to the role played by both music and text"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : in search of tragedy's music

Words, music, and dance in archaic lyric and classical tragedy

Chorus, character, and plot in Electra

Musical absence in Troades

Musical paradigms and the shaping of narrative in Helen

From choreia to monody in Iphigenia in Aulis

Conclusion : Euripides' musical innovations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Weiss, Naomi A., 1982- Music of tragedy.

ISBN:

9780520295902

0520295900

OCLC:

981118170