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The Music of the Gothic:1789–1820

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Buch | Hardcover
75 Seiten
2024
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-53286-0 (ISBN)
62,30 inkl. MwSt
In the 1790s, the music of Gothic novels and plays was celebratory, calming rather than scary. By 1820, the music of Gothic is more likely to provoke shock, discomfort, and unease. This Element shows Melodrama brings about this change which had long-lasting effects on the music of the Gothic in fiction and poetry, on the stage and the screen.
Music plays an essential role in Gothic in the years 1789–1820, but it signifies very differently at the end of the period compared with the beginning. In the 1790s, the music of Gothic novels and plays is not Gothic music; it is celebratory, calming or transcendent rather than scary. By 1820, the music of Gothic is more likely to provoke shock, discomfort and unease. Melodrama brings about this change. Its ascendancy had long-lasting effects on the music of the Gothic more generally – in fiction and poetry, on the stage and the screen. The book considers work by writers including Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis, Eliza Fenwick, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and James Boaden in conjunction with music by composers such as Michael Kelly, Stephen Storace and Samuel Arnold. Audio files of the music accompany the book.

1. Introduction; 2. Section one: 'various and enchanting powers': music in the Radcliffean romance; 3. Section two: 'no longer blended': rewriting Radcliffe's music; 4. Section three: Ann Radcliffe goes to the opera; 5. Section four: 'jolly friars tippled here': gothic drama as comic opera; 6. Section five: 'the captivation of an unearthly music': Michael Kelly, the castle spectre and remorse; 7. Section six: a 'change of strain': melodrama and the advent of gothic music; Bibliographies.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.12.2024
Reihe/Serie Elements in the Gothic
Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Literatur Lyrik / Dramatik Dramatik / Theater
Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Klassik / Oper / Musical
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-009-53286-3 / 1009532863
ISBN-13 978-1-009-53286-0 / 9781009532860
Zustand Neuware
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