Rhapsody in Black
Author: John Kruth
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2013-05-01
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1480354937
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Author: John Kruth
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2013-05-01
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1480354937
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Author: Robert Paul Kolt
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2008-12-12
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 1461707137
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Robert Ward's The Crucible: Creating an American Musical Nationalism, Robert Paul Kolt explores the life of the American composer Robert Ward through an examination of his most popular and enduring work, The Crucible. Focusing on the musical-linguistic relationships within the opera, Kolt demonstrates Ward's unique synthesis of text and music, one that lends itself to the perception of American musical nationalism. This book contains the most thorough and in-depth biography of Ward yet in print. Based on interviews with the composer, Kolt presents new information about Ward's life and career, focusing on his opera and examining the formation and construction of The Crucible's libretto and score, in turn offering new insights into the process of composing an opera. Kolt observes how the libretto's linguistic aspects helped Ward formulate the opera's melodic and rhythmic musical material. A detailed and unique analysis of the opera, particularly the musical and linguistic techniques Ward employed, demonstrates how these techniques lend themselves to the opera's reception as a work of American musical nationalism. The book also provides yet unpublished information on Arthur Miller's play, examining how it came to be written and soon after became the basis for Ward's work. Several appendixes provide a fuller picture, including a deleted scene from Miller's play and Ward's version of the scene, a chronological overview of the Salem Witchcraft Trials, and illustrations and photo reproductions from Ward's manuscript.
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 1026
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Published: 1966-08-11
Total Pages: 64
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Author: Aaron Horne
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1996-05-16
Total Pages: 558
ISBN-13: 0313064865
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAaron Horne provides the most comprehensive guide to brass music written by black composers. He covers composers from around the world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Included in the book is biographical information; commission, duration, instrumentation, date of publication, premiere, publisher, discography for each piece; bibliographical sources; and an index which groups the music by numbers, medium, and ensemble. This is the fourth volume in Aaron Horne's monumental effort to provide the most comprehensive guide to music composed by black composers. In this volume he covers composers from around the world in the 19th and 20th centuries, including William Grant Still, Ulysses Kay, Anthony Davis, John Coltrane, and other major figures from the world of classical, jazz, and popular music. The main body of the book is divided into sections devoted to African, African American, Afro-European, and Afro-Latino composers. Within each section composers are arranged alphabetically; each entry provides biographical information as well as commission, duration, instrumentation, date of publication, premiere, publisher, discography for each composition. Backmatter includes a Brass Music Index which groups the music by numbers, medium, and ensembles; a title index; discography; and bibliography. As with the earlier volumes, this is an essential reference tool for anyone with an interest in researching and/or performing the music of black composers.
Author: Neil R. McMillen
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780252061561
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Author: Green Polonius Hamilton
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 556
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