The Voice of Solitary Contemplation: Copland's "Music for the Theatre" Viewed as a Journey of Self-Discovery

The Voice of Solitary Contemplation: Copland's "Music for the Theatre" Viewed as a Journey of Self-Discovery

Aaron Copland's "Music for the Theatre" is typically cited as the work in which the composer revealed fully, for the first time, his authentic, personal, American "voice." Certainly the brash opening of this 1925 work, with its drum roll, dissonant piano chords, and freely r...

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Veröffentlicht in:American music (Champaign, Ill.) Ill.), 2002-09, Vol.20 (3), p.297-316
1. Verfasser: Starr, Larry
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Clarinets
Classical music
Composers
Copland, Aaron
Melody
Music
Musical criticism
Musical register
Musical rhythm
New Perspectives on Copland
Oboes
Personality
Prologues
Rehearsal
Solos
Theater
Trumpets
Vocal music
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Zusammenfassung:Aaron Copland's "Music for the Theatre" is typically cited as the work in which the composer revealed fully, for the first time, his authentic, personal, American "voice." Certainly the brash opening of this 1925 work, with its drum roll, dissonant piano chords, and freely rhythmic fanfare for trumpets, heralds the arrival of a distinctive, utterly assured, and assuredly American musical personality.
ISSN:0734-4392
1945-2349
DOI:10.2307/1350128