Harrison Birtwistle's operas and music theatre /
David Beard presents the first definitive survey of Harrison Birtwistle's music for the opera house and theatre, from his smaller-scale works, such as Down by the Greenwood Side and Bow Down, to the full-length operas, such as Punch and Judy, The Mask of Orpheus and Gawain. Blending source stud...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Music since 1900.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of 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'.
