Scripts Librettos for Operas and Other Musical Works

Cultural Writing. Music. Edited by John Beckwith. James Reaney is one of Canada's favorite poets and playwrights; at the intersection of his dramatic and poetic talents is SCRIPTS, a collection of musical writings. There are nine complete works here, including the chamber opera Night Blooming Cereus, the poetry/music collage (and Governor General's Award winner) Twelve Letters to a Small Town, the Canada Dot, Canada Dash trilogy, the detective opera Crazy To Kill, and operas Shivaree, Taptoo! And Serinette. Many of these pieces have been published individually, but none are in print, and they have never been amassed. Fantastically fun and charmingly Canadian, SCRIPTS finally makes available the musical oeuvre of one of Canada's best writers.

About the author

James Reaney is one of Canada's finest poets and dramatists. He is the three time winner of the Governor General's Award and the author of numerous plays and poetry collections including: The Donnellys (Beach Holme, 1983), Wacousta, The Dismissal, Bees, Selected Longer Poems (Beach Holme, 1976), Selected Shorter Poems (Beach Holme, 1975), Colours in the Dark and many others. He lives in London, Ontario, an area frequently featured in his writing.

Summary

A collection of musical writings. It features nine complete works, including the chamber opera "Night-blooming Cereus", the poetry/music collage (and Governor General's Award winner) "Twelve Letters to a Small Town", "the Canada Dot", "Canada Dash" trilogy and operas "Shivaree", "Taptoo!" and "Serinette".

Product details

• Authors: James Reaney, Christopher Locke
• Assisted by: John Beckwith (Editor)
• Publisher: Coach House Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 19.11.2000
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Classical, opera, operetta, musical; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781552451496
• ISBN: 978-1-55245-149-6
• Pages: 200
• Dimensions (packing): 13.4 x 22 x 2.4 cm
• Weight (packing): 485 g
• Subjects: MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician; Music / Songbooks; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera; POETRY / Canadian; DRAMA / Canadian