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Musical humor and Antonín Dvořák's comic operas

Title
  1. Musical humor and Antonín Dvořák's comic operas / Julia R. Adams.
Published by
  1. Berlin : Peter Lang, [2022]
Author
  1. Adams, Julia R.

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Description
  1. 383 pages : music; 22 cm.
Summary
  1. "Antonín Dvořák 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. Dvořák 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 Dvořák's works in this genre, revealing a significantly under-appreciated side of the composer's immense creative skills"--
Series statement
  1. Eastern European studies in musicology ; volume 23
Uniform title
  1. Eastern European studies in musicology ; vol. 23.
Subject
  1. Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904
  2. Humor in music
Call number
  1. JMD 23-115
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-380) and index.
Author
  1. Adams, Julia R., author.
Title
  1. Musical humor and Antonín Dvořák's comic operas / Julia R. Adams.
Publisher
  1. Berlin : Peter Lang, [2022]
Type of content
  1. text
  2. notated music
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Eastern European studies in musicology ; volume 23
  2. Eastern European studies in musicology ; vol. 23.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-380) and index.
Other form:
  1. Electronic version: Adams, Julia R. Musical humor and Antonín Dvořák's comic operas. Berlin : Peter Lang, [2022] 9783631878644 (OCoLC)1336019964
LCCN
  1. 2020562505
ISBN
  1. 3631874782 (hardcover)
  2. 9783631874783 (hardcover)
  3. 9783631878637 (ePub ebook)
  4. 9783631878569 (PDF ebook)
Research call number
  1. JMD 23-115
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