02110nam a22003734a 4500 ebr10383995 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080325s2008 txua sb 001 0 eng 2008013679 9781574412499 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)621699410 n-us--- MT95 .L37 2008eb 782.10973 22 Latham, Edward David. Tonality as drama [electronic resource] : closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas / Edward D. Latham. Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, c2008. xv, 221 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index. Tonality as drama: an introduction -- Dramatic closure: the Stanislavsky system and the attainment of character objectives -- Tonal closure: a Schenkerian approach to tonal drama -- The completed background line with open-ended coda: Scott Joplin's grand opera Treemonisha (1911) -- The multi-movement Anstieg or initial ascent: George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess (1935) -- The multi-movement initial arpeggiation: Kurt Weill's Broadway opera Street scene (1947) -- The prolonged permanent interruption: Aaron Copland's operatic tone poem The tender land (1954). Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917. Treemonisha. Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Street scene. Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Tender land. Operas Analysis, appreciation. Opera United States 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10383995 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 204324 204324