Musical Humor and Antonin Dvorak's Comic Operas (Hardcover, New edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Ag
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Eastern European Studies in Musicology, 23
Release date:	June 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Julia Adams
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	386
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-631-87478-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	3-631-87478-2
Barcode:	9783631874783

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