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Rhythmic gesture in Mozart : Le nozze di Figaro & Don Giovanni
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- Creator
- Wye Jamison Allanbrook
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1983
- Physical Details
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- xii, 396 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0226014037, 9780226014036, 0226014045, 9780226014043
- OCLC
- ocm09731459, ocm09731459
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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