Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bartok
Author | : Elliott Antokoletz |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2004-07-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195103830 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195103831 |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Download or read book Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bartok written by Elliott Antokoletz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors explore the means by which two early 20th-century operas - Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande' (1902) and Bartók's 'Duke Bluebeard's Castle' (1911) - transformed the harmonic structures of the traditional major/minor scale system into a new musical language.