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Book Synopsis

This close reading of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress examines the cultural context of its creation and explores its place in the broader history of opera.



Trade Review

...Carter's excellent addition certainly should find a place in academic libraries and in the collections of music scholars everywhere.

-- Barry Zaslow * Music Reference Services Quarterly. *

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments


Part I: The Cultural Moment


Prelude



Part II: The Drama


1. A Convergence of Minds


2. A Happy Collaboration


3. Deeper Meanings



Part III: The Music


4. Stravinsky's "Special Sense"


5. Displacement, Text Setting and Stravinsky's Evolving Aesthetic


6. Stravinsky's Truths and Mozart's Lies—Music, Emotion and Theatrical Distance


7. The Structure of Scenes


8. Ruin, Disaster, ... Saving Grace



Part IV: Performance


9. Venice


10. How The Rake became a Masterpiece


Epilogue: "Good people, just a moment"


Bibliography


Index

The Last Opera

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 31 May 2019
      ISBN-13 9780253041579
      978-0253041579
      ISBN-10 0253041570
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This close reading of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress examines the cultural context of its creation and explores its place in the broader history of opera.



      Trade Review

      ...Carter's excellent addition certainly should find a place in academic libraries and in the collections of music scholars everywhere.

      -- Barry Zaslow * Music Reference Services Quarterly. *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments


      Part I: The Cultural Moment


      Prelude



      Part II: The Drama


      1. A Convergence of Minds


      2. A Happy Collaboration


      3. Deeper Meanings



      Part III: The Music


      4. Stravinsky's "Special Sense"


      5. Displacement, Text Setting and Stravinsky's Evolving Aesthetic


      6. Stravinsky's Truths and Mozart's Lies—Music, Emotion and Theatrical Distance


      7. The Structure of Scenes


      8. Ruin, Disaster, ... Saving Grace



      Part IV: Performance


      9. Venice


      10. How The Rake became a Masterpiece


      Epilogue: "Good people, just a moment"


      Bibliography


      Index

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