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Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning from Wagner to Berg

Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning from Wagner to Berg

Morris, Christopher
Solie, Ruth
Christopher, Morris

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Series: New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism, Book 8

Music Instruction: GeneralOpera

ISBN10: 0521001978
ISBN13: 9780521001977
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jul 5 2007
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A characteristic feature of Wagnerian and post-Wagnerian opera is the tendency to link scenes with numerous and often surprisingly lengthy orchestral interludes, frequently performed with the curtain closed. Often taken for granted or treated as a filler by audiences and critics, these interludes can take on very prominent roles, representing dream sequences, journeys and sexual encounters. Combining studies of individual musical texts with an investigation of the critical discourse surrounding the operas, Christopher Morris investigates the implications of these important but strangely overlooked passages.

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