John Adams's Nixon in China: Musical Analysis, Historical and Political Perspectives

John Adams's Nixon in China: Musical Analysis, Historical and Political Perspectives
ISBN-10
1409426823
ISBN-13
9781409426820
Category
Music
Pages
306
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Author
Timothy A. Johnson

Description

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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