John Adams's Nixon in China : Musical Analysis, Historical and Political Perspectives.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Music Examples -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Setting the Scenes -- 1 Portraits of the Chinese Landscape -- 2 State Ceremonial Functions -- 3 Chairman Mao's Study -- 4 Grand Tour of China -- Part II Characters and Musical Characterization -- 5 Richard Nixon -- 6 Pat Nixon -- 7 Henry Kissinger -- 8 Mao Tse-tung -- 9 Chiang Ch'ing -- 10 Chou En-lai -- Part III Nationalism and Cultural Distinction -- 11 American Idealism and Chinese Isolationism -- 12 Democracy and Dynasty -- 13 Wall Street and the Great Wall -- 14 Human Rights -- 15 Détente -- Bibliography -- Index.

This music-analytical guide to John Adams's opera, Nixon in China presents detailed, in-depth analysis of the music tied to historical and political contexts. The opera captures an important moment in history and in international relations, and a close study of it from an interdisciplinary perspective provides fresh, compelling insights about the opera. With a heavy focus on analysis, the books shows how the music transcends its repetitive shell to become a hierarchically-rich and musically-compelling achievement.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.