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" Harrison Birtwistle's operas and music theatre / "
David Beard
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BL
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658743
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Beard, David,1971-
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| Title & Author
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Harrison Birtwistle's operas and music theatre /\ David Beard
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| Series Statement
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Music since 1900
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xvii, 469 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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9780521895347 (hardback : alk. paper)
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: 0521895340 (hardback : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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The roots of Birtwistle's theatrical expression : from pantomime to Down by the Greenwood Side -- Punch and Judy : parody, allusion and the grotesque -- The Mask of Orpheus : 'lyrical formalism', time and narrative -- Yan Tan Tethera : pastoral labyrinths and the scene-agent ratio -- The shadow of opera : dramatic narrative and musical discourse in Gawain -- 'A face like music' : shaping images into sound in The Second Mrs Kong -- Corporeal music : Bow Down, The Io Passion and The Corridor 270 Artaud's 'true' theatre -- The Last Supper and The Minotaur : eyes 'half filled and half deserted'
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Birtwistle, Harrison-- Criticism and interpretation
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Birtwistle, Harrison., Operas
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| Dewey Classification
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782.1092
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ML410.B605B43 2012
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