03009nam 22006374a 450 991078008170332120230607213156.00-520-92474-61-59734-868-6(CKB)111056485640934(EBL)222950(OCoLC)475926782(SSID)ssj0000237429(PQKBManifestationID)11217891(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237429(PQKBWorkID)10191526(PQKB)11198391(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084706(MiAaPQ)EBC222950(Au-PeEL)EBL222950(CaPaEBR)ebr10054459(EXLCZ)9911105648564093420000510d2001 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRevealing masks[electronic resource] exotic influences and ritualized performance in modernist music theater /W. Anthony SheppardBerkeley University of California Pressc20011 online resource (368 p.)California studies in 20th-century music ;1Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22302-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-338) and index.Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 Defining Music Theater; 2 The Multiplicity of the Exotic; 3 Ritual and Performance; 4 The Masks of Modernism; 5 Freedom in a Tunic versus Frieze-Dried Classicism; 6 The Uses of Noh; 7 Medievalism and the French Modernist Stage; 8 The Audience as Congregation; 9 Britten's Parables; 10 Later British Mysteries; 11 Orientalists and a Crusader; 12 Partch's Vision of "Integrated Corporeal Theater" and "Latter-Day Rituals"; 13 Bitter Rituals for a Lost Nation: Partch and Bernstein; 14 God in Popular Music(al) Theater15 Masking the Human and the Misogyny of Masks16 Music Theater Now; Appendices; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexW. Anthony Sheppard considers a wide-ranging constellation of important musical works in this fascinating exploration of ritualized performance in twentieth-century music. Revealing Masks uncovers the range of political, didactic, and aesthetic intents that inspired the creators of modernist music theater.California studies in 20th-century music ;1.Music20th centuryHistory and criticismMusic in the theaterMusic theaterHistory and criticismMusicPerformanceMusicHistory and criticism.Music in the theater.Music theaterHistory and criticism.MusicPerformance.782.1Sheppard William Anthony1969-1530736MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780081703321Revealing masks3776001UNINA