Title: Melodramatic Voices: Understanding Music Drama
Abstract: Contents: Introduction, Sarah Hibberd Part I Melodrama as Genre: Music in PixA(c)rA(c)court's early melodramas, Katherine Astbury Operatic or theatrical? Orchestral framings of the voice in the melodrama Sept Heures (1829), Jens Hesselager Reconstructing Greek drama: Saint-SaAns and the melodramatic ideal, Elinor Olin In a woman's voice: musical recitation and the feminization of American melodrama, Marian Wilson Kimber. Part II Melodrama on the Operatic Stage: 'Si l'orchestre seul chantait': melodramatic voices in Chelard's Macbeth (1827), Sarah Hibberd Melodramatic spectacle on the English operatic stage, Philip Carli JanA!cek and melodrama, John Tyrrell Dismembering 'expectations': the modernization of monodrama in fin-de-siAcle theatrical arts, Jessica Payette Opera for the people: melodrama in Hugo Herrmann's Vasantasena (1930), Nanette Nielsen. Part III Melodramatic Transformations: Berlioz's 'RomA(c)o au tombeau': melodrama of the mind, Violaine Anger Be it [n]ever so humble? The narrating voice in the underscore to The Wizard of Oz (MGM, 1939), Fiona Ford The voice-over as 'melodramatic voice', Jacqueline Waeber Dismembering the musical voice: Mahler, melodrama and Dracula from stage to screen, Jeremy Barham Bibliography Index.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-04-22
Language: en
Type: book
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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