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Elliott Carter's ""What Next? (Eastman Studies in Music)
Guy Capuzzo
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Description for Elliott Carter's ""What Next? (Eastman Studies in Music)
Hardcover. Communication, Cooperation, and Separation. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. 204 pages, 66, 66 line drawing. The first book about Elliott Carter's only opera--or indeed about any single work by this still-productive modern master. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGC9. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 22. Weight: 490.
The first book about Elliott Carter's only opera--or indeed about any single work by this still-productive modern master. In 1997, the eminent American composer Elliott Carter teamed with British music critic/librettist Paul Griffiths to create the one-act opera What Next? Hailed by the New York Times as "theatrically dynamic" and "poignant," the opera explores how six people work together to emerge from the wreckage of an accident. Today, What Next? enjoys a prominent position in Carter's celebrated "late late" compositional period. In the firstbook to focus exclusively on one Carter composition, Guy Capuzzo uses the metaphors of communication, cooperation, and separation to trace the dramatic arc of What Next? Through an approach that places stage action, words,and music on equal footing, Capuzzo's readings of four excerpts from the opera reveal the inner workings of Carter and Griffiths's tragicomedy. Elliott Carter's "What Next?": Communication, Cooperation, and Separation sheds light on a significant work by a major figure in twentieth-century concert music and will be of interest to all who study American music, vocal music, and musical criticism. Guy Capuzzo is associate professor of music theory at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580464192
SKU
V9781580464192
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Reviews for Elliott Carter's ""What Next? (Eastman Studies in Music)
Keenly perceptive. . . . Excellent choice of an illustrative `analytical vignette' at end of chapter 2. . . . Illustrated with exceptionally well-produced music examples that will aid anyone wanting to be rewarded by close listening to the connections he uncovers.
Marguerite Boland
MUSIC & LETTERS
Among the best musicological writings devoted to Carter. . . . Greatly facilitated by a presentation that is remarkably clear.
Denis Vermaelen
REVUE DE MUSICOLOGIE
A rare example of a book devoted entirely to a single, recent composition. . . . Show[s] how Carter manages to create a reliably functioning mechanism more than equal to the demands he makes on it.
Arnold Whittall
MUSICAL TIMES
In elucidating the inner workings of Carter's musical language Capuzzo makes a significant contribution to Carter scholarship, and to the literature of contemporary music theory.
John Link, William Paterson University A fascinating study. . . . Capuzzo addresses the inner clarity and expressive immediacy of 'What Next,' as well as the tragicomedy.'OPERA NEDERLAND [Mark Duijnstee] Capuzzo's prose style is plain-spoken and approachable. . . . Lively and rewarding. OPERA NEWS [Arlo McKinnon] Full Review In his insightful book-length analytical study of this opus, Guy Capuzzo has contributed an invaluable resource to Carter studies, as well as to post-tonal music theory. . . . [He] expresses his ideas with clarity, and those who do not have a predilection for technical analysis will still be able to gain much insight into the narrative, drama, history, and critical reception of the work. Readers are also fortunate that the quality of the publication is quite high, and University of Rochester Press is to be commended for their attention to editorial detail. Furthermore, Capuzzo's study makes a nice companion to those books on Carter and his music already in the press's catalogue (Carter 1997 and Meyer and Shreffler 2008). Anyone who knows these sources will certainly want Capuzzo's monograph as part of their collection as well.
J. Daniel Jenkins Full Review
MUSIC THEORY ONLINE
Marguerite Boland
MUSIC & LETTERS
Among the best musicological writings devoted to Carter. . . . Greatly facilitated by a presentation that is remarkably clear.
Denis Vermaelen
REVUE DE MUSICOLOGIE
A rare example of a book devoted entirely to a single, recent composition. . . . Show[s] how Carter manages to create a reliably functioning mechanism more than equal to the demands he makes on it.
Arnold Whittall
MUSICAL TIMES
In elucidating the inner workings of Carter's musical language Capuzzo makes a significant contribution to Carter scholarship, and to the literature of contemporary music theory.
John Link, William Paterson University A fascinating study. . . . Capuzzo addresses the inner clarity and expressive immediacy of 'What Next,' as well as the tragicomedy.'OPERA NEDERLAND [Mark Duijnstee] Capuzzo's prose style is plain-spoken and approachable. . . . Lively and rewarding. OPERA NEWS [Arlo McKinnon] Full Review In his insightful book-length analytical study of this opus, Guy Capuzzo has contributed an invaluable resource to Carter studies, as well as to post-tonal music theory. . . . [He] expresses his ideas with clarity, and those who do not have a predilection for technical analysis will still be able to gain much insight into the narrative, drama, history, and critical reception of the work. Readers are also fortunate that the quality of the publication is quite high, and University of Rochester Press is to be commended for their attention to editorial detail. Furthermore, Capuzzo's study makes a nice companion to those books on Carter and his music already in the press's catalogue (Carter 1997 and Meyer and Shreffler 2008). Anyone who knows these sources will certainly want Capuzzo's monograph as part of their collection as well.
J. Daniel Jenkins Full Review
MUSIC THEORY ONLINE