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The musical portrayal of the dissolution of the self in the opera Madama Butterfly : a study of Puccini's tonal language

Title
The musical portrayal of the dissolution of the self in the opera Madama Butterfly : a study of Puccini's tonal language / by Jonathan Christian Petty.
Author
Petty, Jonathan Christian
Publication
Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2022]

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Description
150 pages : illustrations, portraits, music; 24 cm
Subject
  • Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. > History and criticism
  • Madama Butterfly (Puccini, Giacomo)
  • Heroines in opera
  • Human sacrifice in opera
  • Geishas
  • Opera
  • Japan > In opera
  • Japan
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 149).
Contents
Concerning Lexical Tonality -- Orientalism and the Ellis Island Archetype -- The Yankee Vagabond -- The Fairest of Each Country -- The Little Moon Goddess -- "You Are All the World to Me" -- The Tonal Semantics of Cio-Cio's Death -- Why Does Cio-Cio Have to Die?
Call Number
JME 22-488
ISBN
  • 9781495509902
  • 1495509907
OCLC
1317805316
Author
Petty, Jonathan Christian, author.
Title
The musical portrayal of the dissolution of the self in the opera Madama Butterfly : a study of Puccini's tonal language / by Jonathan Christian Petty.
Publisher
Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2022]
Type of Content
text
notated music
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 149).
Research Call Number
JME 22-488
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