Timothy A Johnson

John Adams's Nixon in China

Musical Analysis, Historical and Political Perspectives

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This music-analytical guide to John Adams's opera, Nixon in China presents detailed, in-depth analysis of the music tied to historical and political contexts. The opera captures an important moment in history and in international relations, and a close study of it from an interdisciplinary perspective provides fresh, compelling insights about the opera. With a heavy focus on analysis, the books shows how the music transcends its repetitive shell to become a hierarchically-rich and musically-compelling achievement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 708g
• ISBN-13: 9781409426820
• ISBN-10: 1409426823
• Artikelnr.: 41244441

Autorenporträt

Dr Timothy A. Johnson, Ithaca College, New York, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I: Setting the Scenes
1: Portraits of the Chinese Landscape
2: State Ceremonial Functions
3: Chairman Mao's Study
4: Grand Tour of China
II: Characters and Musical Characterization
5: Richard Nixon
6: Pat Nixon
7: Henry Kissinger
8: Mao Tse-tung
9: Chiang Ch'ing
10: Chou En-lai
III: Nationalism and Cultural Distinction
11: American Idealism and Chinese Isolationism
12: Democracy and Dynasty
13: Wall Street and the Great Wall
14: Human Rights
15: Détente