To Regain Wholeness: The Many & the One in Elliott Carter's Songs

To Regain Wholeness: The Many & the One in Elliott Carter's Songs

Saez discusses why poetry is relevant to Elliott Carter's songs. His selection of a poet for song settings is much more than simply the subjective predilection of a musical ear. The poems can speak for as well as with the music. They have something to say about the loss of unity provided by ton...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chicago review 2014-06, Vol.58 (3/4), p.61-101
1. Verfasser: SAEZ, RICHARD
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Art songs
Auditory system
Author's voice
Carter, Elliott
Composers
Composition
Criticism and interpretation
Melody
Music
Musical chords
Musical instruments
Musical meter
Musical rhythm
Musical timbre
Orchestras
Poetic techniques
Poetry
Poets
Works
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Zusammenfassung:Saez discusses why poetry is relevant to Elliott Carter's songs. His selection of a poet for song settings is much more than simply the subjective predilection of a musical ear. The poems can speak for as well as with the music. They have something to say about the loss of unity provided by tonality and about its substitution with variety, fragmentation, and dispersal.
ISSN:0009-3696
2327-5804