Wye Jamison Allanbrook's widely influential Rhythmic Gesture in Mozart challenges the view that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music was a "pure play" of key and theme, more abstract than that of his predecessors. Allanbrook's innovative work shows that Mozart used a vocabulary of symbolic gestures and musical rhythms to reveal the nature of his characters and their interrelations. The dance rhythms and meters that pervade his operas conveyed very specific meanings to the audiences of the day.
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Wye Jamison Allanbrook's widely influential Rhythmic Gesture in Mozart challenges the view that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music was a "pure play" of key and theme, more abstract than that of his predecessors. Allanbrook's innovative work shows that Mozart used a vocabulary of symbolic gestures and musical rhythms to reveal the nature of his characters and their interrelations. The dance rhythms and meters that pervade his operas conveyed very specific meanings to the audiences of the day.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. xii, 396 p. : ill., music; 24 cm. LCCN 83009184 Type of material Book Personal name Allanbrook, Wye Jamison. Main title Rhythmic gesture in Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro & Don Giovanni / Wye Jamison Allanbrook. Published/Created Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983. Description xii, 396 p. : ill., music; 24 cm. ISBN 0226014037: LC classification ML410. M9 A73 1983 LC Subjects Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Nozze di Figaro. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni. Rhythm. Dance music--History and criticism. Ballroom dancing--History--18th century. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 782.1/092/4
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Book. Octavo, xii, 396 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine grayish pink with green and beige lettering. Dust jacket shows moderate plus wear including few scuffs/marks, sunning to the spine and several instances of chipping to the edges. Boards show mild exterior wear and slightly rubbed edges. Text block has slight age toning to the edges. Gift inscription to the front free end paper. Illustrated. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1376944. FP New Rockville Stock.
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VG-/VG-(Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear to boards and block. Fading to dj. Pages are otherwise clean. ) Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering; beige and white dj, bw illustration and lettering, mylar cover; xii, 396 pp; bw illustrations and music. Contents: Introduction: Expression, imitation, and the musical topos--Part one: Mozart's rhythmic topoi--The shapes of rhythms--The gestures of social dances--Part two: Le nozze de Figaro--Part three: Don Giovanni--Overture and introduction--The opening scene--The noble lovers--Elvira--Zerlina and Masetto--The two finales--Afterword. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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