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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...

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Published in:University of Toronto Quarterly Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 22 - 29
Main Author: Lee, Sherry D.
Format: Article
Published: University of Toronto Press Fall2018
Subjects:
Radicalism > Songs & music
Opera
Riel, Louis, 1844-1885
Modernist music
History of nationalism
Somers, Harry
Avant-garde music
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Modernism (Literary period)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.