Musical design in Sophoclean theater / William C. Scott.
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TextPublication details: Hanover : Dartmouth College, �1996.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 330 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781611681512
- 1611681510
- 0585229546
- 9780585229546
- Sophocles -- Dramatic production
- Sophocles -- Stage history
- Sophocles
- Music, Greek and Roman -- History and criticism
- Greek drama -- Incidental music -- History and criticism
- Greek drama (Tragedy) -- History and criticism
- Drama -- Chorus (Greek drama)
- MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory
- Drama -- Chorus (Greek drama)
- Greek drama -- Incidental music
- Greek drama (Tragedy)
- Music, Greek and Roman
- Theater
- Tragedies
- Grieks
- Koren (letterkunde)
- Muziek
- Metriek
- 781.5/52/0938 20
- ML169 .S38 1996eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320) and index.
Print version record.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION FOR READERS IN TRANSLATION: Vital Tools for Staging a Sophoclean Choral Song; 1. Music in Sophoclean Drama; The Importance of Perspective; The Creative Shaping of Traditional Forms; Signs of Sophocles' Interest in Music; 2. Choral Meter and Musical Form in Antigone and Ajax; Meter and Form; The Musical Design of Sophocles' Antigone; The Musical Design of Sophocles' Ajax; 3. Musical Design in Trachiniae, Oedipus Tyrannus, Electra, and Philoctetes; Trachinia; Oedipus Tyrannus; Electra; Philoctetes.
4. The Importance of Musical Design in Sophoclean Drama: Oedipus at ColonusMusical Design in Sophoclean Theater; Oedipus at Colonus; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE CHORUS IN SOPHOCLEAN DRAMA; INDEX.
A new way to interpret the musical design underlying the music and choreography of Sophoclean theater.
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