The music of tragedy : performance and imagination in Euripidean theater / Naomi A. Weiss.

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Contents:
Words, music, and dance in archaic lyric and classical tragedy -- Chorus, character, and plot in Electra -- Musical absence in Troades -- Musical paradigms and the shaping of narrative in Helen -- From choreia to monody in Iphigenia in Aulis -- Conclusion : Euripides' musical innovations.
Subject: "The Music of Tragedy offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical language, imagery, and performance in the late work of Euripides. Naomi Weiss demonstrates that Euripides' allusions to music-making are not just metatheatrical flourishes or gestures towards musical and religious practices external to the drama but closely interwoven with the dramatic plot. Situating Euripides' experimentation with the dramaturgical effects of mousikē within a broader cultural context, she shows how much of his novelty lies in his reinvention of traditional lyric styles and motifs for the tragic stage. If we wish to understand better the trajectories of this most important ancient art form, The Music of Tragedy argues, we must pay closer attention to the role played by both music and text"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : in search of tragedy's music -- Words, music, and dance in archaic lyric and classical tragedy -- Chorus, character, and plot in Electra -- Musical absence in Troades -- Musical paradigms and the shaping of narrative in Helen -- From choreia to monody in Iphigenia in Aulis -- Conclusion : Euripides' musical innovations.

"The Music of Tragedy offers a new approach to the study of classical Greek theater by examining the use of musical language, imagery, and performance in the late work of Euripides. Naomi Weiss demonstrates that Euripides' allusions to music-making are not just metatheatrical flourishes or gestures towards musical and religious practices external to the drama but closely interwoven with the dramatic plot. Situating Euripides' experimentation with the dramaturgical effects of mousikē within a broader cultural context, she shows how much of his novelty lies in his reinvention of traditional lyric styles and motifs for the tragic stage. If we wish to understand better the trajectories of this most important ancient art form, The Music of Tragedy argues, we must pay closer attention to the role played by both music and text"--Provided by publisher.

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