Unsung Voices: Opera and Musical Narrative in the Nineteenth Century

by Carolyn Abbate

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Who "speaks" to us in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, in Wagner's operas, in a Mahler symphony? In asking this question, Carolyn Abbate opens nineteenth-century operas and instrumental works to new interpretations as she explores the voices projected by music. The nineteenth-century metaphor of music that "sings" is thus reanimated in a new context, and Abbate proposes interpretive strategies that "de-center" music criticism, that seek the polyphony...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691026084

ISBN13:9780691026084

Release Date:April 1996

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Arts, Music & Photography Music

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