Le Testament 1923 facsimile edition with audio CD, 110 color plates, limited edition of 100
Includes a seminal essay on Pound's metrical invention, the duration rhyme, by Margaret Fisher; an essay on the current state of scholarship of Pound as a composer, by Robert Hughes; and an overview of Pound's oepras by Stephen J. Adams.
Note: the audio CD of the complete opera is a digitally re-mastered re-issue of the 1972 LP recording, with some corrections to reflect current research. It is not available for purchase separately.
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Le Testament: an opera by Ezra Pound, 1923 Facsimile Edition with Audio CD
2011, Second Evening Art Publishing
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Le Testament
facsimile pages
The 1923 holograph score 1
External scores 112
Performing forces 114
Libretto 115
Synopsis 125
essays
Margaret Fisher
THE ECHO OF VILLON IN EZRA POUND’S MUSIC AND POETRY:
TOWARD A THEORY OF DURATION RHYME 127
Part I Villon 128
Part II Pound 146
Part III The Examples 160
Part IV The Duration Rhyme 177
Methodology 180
Stephen J. Adams
REFLECTIONS ON POUND’S OPERAS 182
Robert Hughes
THE MILIEU OF LE TESTAMENT . . . 192
A WORK IN PROGRESS . . . 196
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON MUSIC IN THE CANTOS 204
annotations
Le Testament: Versions & Editions 212
Editors’ General Comments 213
Editors’ Annotations 219
published books & music scores 267
recordings 267
acknowledgements 268
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