Latham, Edward David. <br/><br/>
Tonality as Drama :   Closure and Interruption in Four Twentieth-Century American Operas /  
Edward D. Latham. 
 - 1 online resource (240 pages):   ill. ; 
 - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index. 
<br/><br/>Tonality as drama: an introduction -- Dramatic closure: the Stanislavsky system and the attainment of character objectives -- Tonal closure: a Schenkerian approach to tonal drama -- The completed background line with open-ended coda: Scott Joplin's grand opera Treemonisha (1911) -- The multi-movement Anstieg or initial ascent: George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess (1935) -- The multi-movement initial arpeggiation: Kurt Weill's Broadway opera Street scene (1947) -- The prolonged permanent interruption: Aaron Copland's operatic tone poem The tender land (1954). 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781574413717 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.  Tender land. <br/>Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.  Porgy and Bess. <br/>Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.  Street scene. <br/>Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917.  Treemonisha. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Opera--United States--20th century.<br/>Operas--Analysis, appreciation.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>MT95  / .L37 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>782.10973