| Unsung Voices: Opera and Musical Narrative in the Nineteenth Century Contributor(s): Abbate, Carolyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691026084 ISBN-13: 9780691026084 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1996 Annotation: Who "speaks" to us in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," in Wagner's operas, in a Mahler symphony? In asking this question, Carolyn Abbate opens nineteenth-century operas and instrumental works to new interpretations as she explores the voices projected by music. The nineteenth-century metaphor of music that "sings" is thus reanimated in a new context, and Abbate proposes interpretive strategies that "de-center" music criticism, that seek the polyphony and dialogism of music, and that celebrate musical gestures often marginalized by conventional music analysis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - Theory - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera |
| Dewey: 782.109 |
| Series: Princeton Studies in Opera |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.01" W x 9.13" (0.98 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Who "speaks" to us in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, in Wagner's operas, in a Mahler symphony? In asking this question, Carolyn Abbate opens nineteenth-century operas and instrumental works to new interpretations as she explores the voices projected by music. The nineteenth-century metaphor of music that "sings" is thus reanimated in a new context, and Abbate proposes interpretive strategies that "de-center" music criticism, that seek the polyphony and dialogism of music, and that celebrate musical gestures often marginalized by conventional music analysis. |