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Antonin Dvorak was a clever and highly communicative humorist and
musical dramatist. His masterful compositional strategies
underscore, heighten, and construct sonic humor in his six (!!)
comic operas. He crafts musical slapstick, satire, parody, and
merriment using sudden breaks in rhythmic patterns, explosive
harmonic shifts, excessive repetition, and startling pauses, as
well as incongruous tempi, dynamics, range, and instrumentation.
Dvorak also gives the orchestra its own "voice," breaking the
metaphorical "fourth wall" to reveal humor outside of the
characters' awareness. Narrative description and comprehensive
music examples guide the reader through all six of Dvorak's works
in this genre, revealing a significantly under-appreciated side of
the composer's immense creative skills.
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