Musical Humor and Antonín Dvořák’s Comic Operas

Author:   Maciej Gołąb ,  Julia Adams
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   23
ISBN:  

9783631874783


Pages:   386
Publication Date:   31 May 2022
Format:   Hardback
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"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."

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Author:   Maciej Gołąb ,  Julia Adams
Publisher:   Peter Lang AG
Imprint:   Peter Lang AG
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   23
Weight:   0.566kg
ISBN:  

9783631874783


ISBN 10:   3631874782
Pages:   386
Publication Date:   31 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Professor Julia R. Adams teaches musicology, music theory, and performance courses at Franklin & Marshall College, Penn State University, and Boston University. She received her Doctorate in Musicology from Boston University. She is also a choral-orchestra conductor, and founder emerita for Calliope (Boston).

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