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Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Song Cycles: Analytical Pathways Toward Performance

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
ISBN
9780367220259, 9780367220266, 9780429270369
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11264452 bytes)
Pages
245\247
Topic
Art Music
Time added
2022-12-30 22:02:12

Description

Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Song Cycles: Analytical Pathways Toward Performance presents analyses of fourteen song cycles composed after the turn of the twentieth century, with a focus on offering ways into the musical and poetic structure of each cycle to performers, scholars, and students alike. Ranging from familiar works of twentieth-century music by composers such as Schoenberg, Britten, Poulenc, and Shostakovich to lesser-known works by Van Wyk, Sviridov, Wheeler, and Sánchez, this collection of essays captures the diversity of the song cycle repertoire in contemporary classical music. The contributors bring their own analytical perspectives and methods, considering musical structures, the composers' selection of texts, how poetic narratives are expressed, and historical context. Informed by music history, music theory, and performance, Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Song Cycles offers an essential guide into the contemporary art-music song cycle for performers, scholars, students, and anyone seeking to understand this unique genre.

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