Music speaks : on the language of opera, dance, and song /: on the language of opera, dance, and song. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Daniel Albright.
• Other Names: Albright, Daniel, 1945-2015
• Contents: Music's Pentecost, music's stupidity -- Heine and the composers -- The diabolical Senta -- Les Troyens : the undoing of opera -- Far sounds in Zemlinsky and Schreker -- Butchering Moses -- Elliott Carter and poetry : listening to, listening through -- Sophoclean opera -- Belletristic music in the twentieth century -- Golden calves : the role of dance in opera -- Elephant swan space grace.
• Publisher Details: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages), illustrations, music
• Subjects: 781/.1; Opera; Songs -- History and criticism; Music and literature; Dance -- History; Chansons -- Histoire et critique; Musique et littérature; Danse -- Histoire; MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Appreciation; MUSIC -- General; Dance; Music and literature; Opera; Songs; Darstellende Kunst; Kunstlied; Musik; Literatur; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781580467292; 1580467296; 1282895095; 9781282895096; 9786612895098; 6612895098
• Related ISBNs: 9781580463249; 158046324X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.