Timothy A Johnson

John Adams's Nixon in China

Musical Analysis, Historical and Political Perspectives

• Broschiertes 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781138250314
• ISBN-10: 1138250317
• Artikelnr.: 57041982

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