Harrison Birtwistle's operas and music theatre
By: David Beard
Series: Music since 1900
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780521895347
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The roots of Birtwistle's theatrical expression : from pantomime to Down by the Greenwood Side; title: Punch and Judy : parody, allusion and the grotesque; title: The Mask of Orpheus : 'lyrical formalism', time and narrative; title: Yan Tan Tethera : pastoral labyrinths and the scene-agent ratio; title: The shadow of opera : dramatic narrative and musical discourse in Gawain; title: 'A face like music' : shaping images into sound in The Second Mrs Kong; title: Corporeal music : Bow Down, The Io Passion and The Corridor 270 Artaud's 'true' theatre; title: The Last Supper and The Minotaur : eyes 'half filled and half deserted'.