Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 369 pages) : illustrations, music |
Contents |
Introduction / Gregory J. Decker & Matthew R. Shaftel -- Part I: Musical constructions and interpretation. Twelve-tone serial techniques in Dallapiccola's Il prigioniero as a reaction to fascist ideology / Jamuna Samuel ; Science, spirit, sound, and sign : Anthroposophy and Viktor Ullmann's Der Sturz des Antichrist / Rachel Bergman ; Motives and motivations : Linkage technique in Britten's operas and other vocal works / Michael Baker ; Sowing the seeds of loss : Permanent interruption in Verdi's Otello / Edward Latham -- Part II: Cultural and conventional signs. Dance music and signification in Handel's opera seria / Gregory J. Decker ; The romanesca as a spiritual sign in the operas of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven / Olga Sánchez-Kisielewska ; Verdi's dramatic use of tonality, topics, and recurring themes : Two analyses / David Easley -- Part III: (Dis)Continuity and narrative. Unity and discontinuity in the Act 2 Finale of Le nozze di Figaro / Matthew R. Shaftel ; Stormy weather : Issues of form, deformation, and continuity in operatic storm scenes / Deborah Burton ; Song and sign : Poetic-musical strategies in Wagner and Strauss / Arnold Whittall ; Postmodern Opera 101: Irony, nostalgia, and bifurcated narratives / Juan Chattah ; John Adams's The death of Klinghoffer : Straddling the fence between myth and realism / Yayoi Uno Everett |
Summary |
Singing in Signs: New Semiotic Explorations of Opera offers a bold and refreshing assessment of the state of opera study that engages composer-constructed and work-specific music-semiotic systems, broader socio-cultural music codes, and narrative strategies, with implications for performance and staging practices today |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on July 21, 2020) |
Subject |
Opera.
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Semiotics.
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Opera
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Semiotics
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Decker, Gregory J. (Gregory John), editor.
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Shaftel, Matthew R., editor.
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ISBN |
9780190620639 |
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0190620633 |
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9780190620653 |
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019062065X |
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9780190620646 |
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0190620641 |
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