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Cambridge Music Handbooks Ser.: Oedipus Rex by Stephen Walsh (1993, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521407788
ISBN-139780521407786
eBay Product ID (ePID)720839
Product Key Features
Number of Pages132 Pages
Publication NameOedipus Rex
LanguageEnglish
SubjectComposers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Opera
Publication Year1993
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMusic, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorStephen Walsh
SeriesCambridge Music Handbooks Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight6.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN92-030088
Reviews"There is much in this book that is considerable, and the author opens up areas that almost demand further research. In preparing Oedipus Rex for performance, one should use this book, with score in hand, as a starting point or reference source. The extensive notes and bibliography make the handbook a valuable tool." Choral Journal
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal782.1092
Table Of ContentPreface; List of abbreviations; 1. The exile finds a new home; 2. Of masks, masses and magic; 3. In which the music unfolds; 4. How it all came to be known; Appendix A. The libretto; Appendix B. The Latin text and its setting; Appendix C. Cast and orchestra; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.
SynopsisStravinsky's Oedipus Rex is widely acknowledged as one of the most original musical theater works of the twentieth century. This clear and concise guide, the first ever written on the work, describes the plot, the music and the staging in close detail and provides a fully documented discussion of the origins of Oedipus Rex in Stravinsky's own work and thinking. By placing the work in its social context, the author paints a vivid picture of Parisian artistic politics in the twenties, from which emerged one of the richest and most suggestive works of modern times. The full libretto is provided, with a parallel translation., This clear and concise guide describes the plot, the music and the staging of Oedipus rex in close detail and provides a fully documented discussion of its origins in Stravinsky's own work and thinking., Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus rex is widely acknowledged as one of the most original music-theatre works of the twentieth century. This clear and concise guide is the first ever to be written on this work and it describes the music and its staging in close detail. It offers the first proper explanation of the plot and its relation to its literary sources and provides a fully documented discussion of the origins of Oedipus rex in Stravinsky's own work and thinking. By placing the work in its social context Stephen Walsh paints a vivid picture of Parisian artistic politics in the twenties from which emerges one of the richest and most suggestive works of art of modern times.
LC Classification NumberML410.S932 W35 1993
