Ombra [[electronic resource] ] : supernatural music in the eighteenth century / / Clive McClelland
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| Autore: |
McClelland Clive
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| Titolo: |
Ombra [[electronic resource] ] : supernatural music in the eighteenth century / / Clive McClelland
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 780.9033 |
| Soggetto topico: | Opera - 18th century |
| Supernatural in opera | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Ombra; Contents; Introduction; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Ombra Music in Context; Chapter 2 Tonality (Opera); Chapter 3 Harmony and Line (Opera); Chapter 4 Tempo and Rhythm (Opera); Chapter 5 Texture, Dynamics and Instrumentation (Opera); Chapter 6 Case Studies in Opera; Chapter 7 Ombra in Sacred Music; Chapter 8 Ombra in Instrumental Music; Chapter 9 Ombra after Mozart; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Ombra is the musical language employed when a composer wishes to inspire awe and terror in an audience. Clive McClelland's Ombra: Supernatural Music in the Eighteenth Century explores the large repertoire of such music, focusing on the eighteenth century and Mozart in particular. He discusses a wide range of examples drawn from theatrical and sacred music, eventually drawing parallels between these features and Edmund Burke's 'sublime of terror,' thus placing ombra music in an imp |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ombra |
| ISBN: | 1-280-77008-2 |
| 9786613680853 | |
| 0-7391-6974-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779005403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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