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W. Anthony Sheppard Considers A Wide-ranging Constellation Of Important Musical Works In This Fascinating Exploration Of Ritualized Performance In Twentieth-century Music. Revealing Masks Uncovers The Range Of Political, Didactic, And Aesthetic Intents That Inspired The Creators Of Modernist Music Theater. Sheppard Is Especially Interested In The Use Of The Exotic In Techniques Of Masking And Stylization, Identifying Japanese Noh, Medieval Christian Drama, And Ancient Greek Theater As The Most Prominent Exotic Models For The Creation Of Total Theater. Drawing On An Extraordinarily Diverse--and In Some Instances, Little-known--range Of Music Theater Pieces, Sheppard Cites The Work Of Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten, Arthur Honegger, Peter Maxwell Davies, Harry Partch, And Leonard Bernstein, As Well As Andrew Lloyd Webber And Madonna. Artists In Literature, Theater, And Dance--such As William Butler Yeats, Paul Claudel, Bertolt Brecht, Isadora Duncan, Ida Rubenstein, And Edward Gordon Craig--also Play A Significant Role In This Study. Sheppard Poses Challenging Questions That Will Interest Readers Beyond Those In The Field Of Music Scholarship. For Example, What Is The Effect On Th

Author

William Anthony Sheppard

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520924741

Subjects

History, Music, Performing Arts