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Antonín Dvorák was a clever and highly communicative humorist and musical dramatist. His masterful compositional strategies underscore, heighten, and construct sonic humor in his six (!!) comic operas. He crafts musical slapstick, satire, parody, and merriment using sudden breaks in rhythmic patterns, explosive harmonic shifts, excessive repetition, and startling pauses, as well as incongruous tempi, dynamics, range, and instrumentation. Dvorák also gives the orchestra its own "voice," breaking the metaphorical "fourth wall" to reveal humor outside of the characters' awareness. Narrative description and comprehensive music examples guide the reader through all six of Dvorák's works in this genre, revealing a significantly under-appreciated side of the composer's immense creative skills.
Table des matières
Dvorák, Comic Opera Composer
Understanding and Creating Musical Humor
The King and the Charcoal Burner 1871 (Král a uhlír)
The King and the Charcoal Burner 1874 & 1887 (Král a uhlír)
The Stubborn Lovers (Tvrdé Palice)
The Cunning Peasant (Selma Sedlák)
The Jacobin (Jakobín)
The Devil and Kate (Cert a Káca)
A propos de l'auteur
Professor Julia R. Adams teaches musicology, music theory, and performance courses at Franklin & Marshall College, Penn State University, and Boston University. She received her Doctorate in Musicology from Boston University. She is also a choral-orchestra conductor, and founder emerita for Calliope (Boston).
