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A comprehensive opera-guide, featuring Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and Burton D. Fisher's insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis.

Operas --- Opera --- Opera plots --- Opera stories --- Operetta --- Stories of operas --- Stories of operettas --- Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) --- Gershwin, George, --- Heyward, DuBose, --- Heyward, Dorothy, --- Criticism and interpretation.

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Drawing on the fields of dramaturgy, music theory, and historical musicology, this book answers a question about twentieth-century music: Why does tonality persist in opera, even after it has been abandoned in other genres?

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Tender land. --- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. --- Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917. Treemonisha. --- Opera -- United States -- 20th century. --- Operas -- Analysis, appreciation. --- Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Street scene. --- Operas --- Opera --- Music --- Music, Dance, Drama & Film --- Music Instruction & Study --- Analysis, appreciation --- Analysis, appreciation. --- Joplin, Scott, --- Weill, Kurt, --- Gershwin, George, --- Copland, Aaron, --- Comic opera --- Lyric drama --- Opera, Comic --- History and criticism --- Drama --- Dramatic music --- Singspiel --- Heyward, DuBose, --- Heyward, Dorothy, --- Cadence --- George Gershwin --- Konstantin Stanislavski --- Kurt Weill --- Primary tone --- Tonic (music) --- Treemonisha --- Voice leading