Radical Modernism, Operatic Failure, and Louis Riel's Challenge to Reconciliation.
This article contextualizes the dissonant modernist musical language Harry Somers employed for Louis Riel in relation to the internationalist avant-garde of the mid-twentieth century, with its complex political ramifications, and considers the suitability of the opera's resultant musical-aesthetic c...
| Publicado en: | University of Toronto Quarterly Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 22 - 29 |
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University of Toronto Press
Fall2018
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| Sumario: | This article contextualizes the dissonant modernist musical language Harry Somers employed for Louis Riel in relation to the internationalist avant-garde of the mid-twentieth century, with its complex political ramifications, and considers the suitability of the opera's resultant musical-aesthetic challenge to listeners as a reflection of the conflictual and dissident elements of its subject. |
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