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Mahler's voices : expression and irony in the songs and symphonies /

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1. Mahler and the Musical Voice. a. The Idea of Voice. b. Songs and Symphonies. c. Orchestral Voices. 2. Calling Forth a Voice. a. Calling Forth. b. Horn Calls, Birdsong and Bell. c. Calling Back. 3. Constructing a Voice. a. Artifice and Invention. b. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. c. The Middle Symphonies....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Julian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Mahler, Gustav, > 1860-1911. > Songs.
Mahler, Gustav, > 1860-1911. > Symphonies.
Songs (Mahler, Gustav)
Symphonies (Mahler, Gustav)
Songs > History and criticism.
Symphony.
Chansons > Histoire et critique.
Symphonie.
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
Songs
Symphony
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:1. Mahler and the Musical Voice. a. The Idea of Voice. b. Songs and Symphonies. c. Orchestral Voices. 2. Calling Forth a Voice. a. Calling Forth. b. Horn Calls, Birdsong and Bell. c. Calling Back. 3. Constructing a Voice. a. Artifice and Invention. b. Des Knaben Wunderhorn. c. The Middle Symphonies. 4. Plural Voices. a. Carnival Humor. b. Irony and Tone. c. Borrowed Voices. 5. Genre and Voice. a. Song. b. Opera. c. Symphony. 6. Ways of Telling. a. Literary Voices. b. Idyll, Dream and Fairytale. c. Narrative Strategies. 7. Vienna, Modernism and Modernity. a. Critical voices. b. Modernist voices.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 361 pages) : music
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-347) and index.
ISBN:9780199707089
0199707081
9780195372397
0195372395
9780199870844
0199870845