Singing in signs : new semiotic explorations of opera

Singing in signs : new semiotic explorations of opera / edited by Gregory J. Decker and Matthew R. Shaftel.

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 sta...

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Other Authors: Decker, Gregory J. (Gregory John) (Editor), Shaftel, Matthew R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Opera.
Semiotics.
opera (music genre)
Opera
Semiotics
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Table of 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.

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