Robert Ward's The crucible
Subtitle: creating an American musical nationalism
By: Robert Paul Kolt.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780810863507
Subjects: Ward, Robert, -- 1917-; Libretto; Music and literature; Nationalism in music
Description: "In this book, Robert Paul Kolt explores the life of the American composer Robert Ward through an examination of his most popular and enduring work, The Crucible. Focusing on the musical-linguistic relationships within the opera, Kolt demonstrates Ward's unique synthesis of text and music, one that lends itself to the perception of American musical nationalism."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Robert Ward : a biography. The life and works of an American operatic philosopher; title: Forging the crucible : play to opera libretto. Arthur Miller, Robert Ward, and Bernard Stambler ; Reducing the play's text : creating the libretto; title: Nationalism. Nationalism and reception ; Perception and reality ; The crucible and musical nationalism ; A synthesis of text and music.