Tonality as Drama : Closure and Interruption in Four Twentieth-Century American Operas

This is an analytical monograph by a Schenkerian music theorist, but it is also written by one performer and enthusiast for another. Tonality as Drama draws on the fields of dramaturgy, music theory, and historical musicology to answer a fundamental question regarding twentieth-century music: why do...

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Main Author: Latham, Edward (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Denton, Texas, USA University of North Texas Press 2008
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