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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465803403321

Autore

Johnson Julian

Titolo

Mahler's voices [[electronic resource] ] : expression and irony in the songs and symphonies / / Julian Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-988820-5

1-282-05384-1

9786612053849

0-19-970708-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Disciplina

780.92

Soggetti

Songs - History and criticism

Symphony

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-347) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Index to Works Discussed; List of Music Examples; 1 Mahler and the Musical Voice; The Idea of Voice; Songs and Symphonies; Orchestral Voices; 2 Calling Forth a Voice; Calling Forth; Horn Calls, Birdsong, and Bells; Calling Back; 3 Constructing a Voice; Artifice and Invention; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; The Middle Symphonies; 4 Plural Voices; Carnival Humor; Irony and Tone; Borrowed Voices; 5 Genre and Voice; Song; Opera; Symphony; 6 Ways of Telling; Literary Voices; Idyll, Dream, and Fairy Tale; Narrative Strategies; 7 Vienna, Modernism, and Modernity; Critical Voices; Modernist Voices

Political Voices8 Performing Authenticity; Reception and Performance; Authenticity and Self-Critique; "As If "; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

1. Mahler and the Musical Voice   a. The Idea of Voice  b. Songs and Symphonies  c. Orchestral Voices  2. Calling Forth a Voice   a. Calling Forth  b. Horn Calls, Birdsong and Bell  c. Calling Back  3. Constructing a Voice   a. Artifice and Invention  b. Des Knaben Wunderhorn  c. The Middle Symphonies  4. Plural Voices   a. Carnival Humor  b. Irony and Tone  c. Borrowed Voices  5. Genre and Voice   a. Song  b. Opera  c.



Symphony  6. Ways of Telling   a. Literary Voices  b. Idyll, Dream and Fairytale  c. Narrative Strategies  7. Vienna, Modernism and Modernity   a. Critical voices  b. Modernist