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Robert Ward's the Crucible
Creating an American Musical Nationalism
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2008
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In Robert Ward's The Crucible: Creating an American Musical Nationalism, Robert Paul Kolt explores the life of the American composer Robert Ward through an examination of his most popular and enduring work, The Crucible. Focusing on the musical-linguistic relationships within the opera, Kolt demonstrates Ward's unique synthesis of text and music, one that lends itself to the perception of American musical nationalism.
This book contains the most thorough and in-depth biography of Ward yet in print. Based on interviews with the composer, Kolt presents new information about Ward's life and career, focusing on his opera and examining the formation and construction of The Crucible's libretto and score, in turn offering new insights into the process of composing an opera. Kolt observes how the libretto's linguistic aspects helped Ward formulate the opera's melodic and rhythmic musical material. A detailed and unique analysis of the opera, particularly the musical and linguistic techniques Ward employed, demonstrates how these techniques lend themselves to the opera's reception as a work of American musical nationalism. The book also provides yet unpublished information on Arthur Miller's play, examining how it came to be written and soon after became the basis for Ward's work. Several appendixes provide a fuller picture, including a deleted scene from Miller's play and Ward's version of the scene, a chronological overview of the Salem Witchcraft Trials, and illustrations and photo reproductions from Ward's manuscript.
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Copyright year
2008
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-6350-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4617-0713-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
233
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Table of Contents No access
List of Manuscript and Score Examples and Illustrations No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1: The Life and Works of an American Operatic Philosopher No access
Chapter 2: Arthur Miller, Robert Ward, and Bernard Stambler No access
Chapter 3: Reducing the Play's Text: Creating the Libretto No access
Chapter 4: Nationalism and Reception No access
Chapter 5: Perception and Reality: The Crucible and Musical Nationalism―A Synthesis of Text and Music No access
Appendix A: The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Chronological Overview No access Pages 173 - 176
Appendix B: Arthur Miller's Deleted Scene: Act II, Scene 2; Proctor and Abigail Meet in the Woods No access Pages 177 - 182
Appendix C: Ward's and Stambler's Version of Miller's Deleted Scene No access Pages 183 - 184
Appendix D: The Opera: Synopsis, Scene Structure, Characters, and Voice Parts No access Pages 185 - 196
Appendix E: Original Production Personnel: The Play, the Opera No access Pages 197 - 200
Appendix F: Photo Reproductions of Robert Ward's Manuscript Examples Used in Chapter 5 No access Pages 201 - 214
Bibliography No access Pages 215 - 218
Index No access Pages 219 - 232
About the Author No access Pages 233 - 233
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