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a perspective on the music of Ezra Pound

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This double volume contains extensive information about Ezra Pound as a composer and a fully engraved music score of the opera with libretto.

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Publisher
Second Evening Art
Language
English
Pages
203

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Subjects
Ezra Pound, modernism, modernist opera, opera, twentieth-century opera, words and music, Guido Cavalcanti, poet-composer
People
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Places
Florence, Sarzana
Times
1300

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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Volume I
Perspective and Analysis
Editors’ note iv
Abbreviations v
Key to individual musical numbers of each opera vii
Notation of musical pitches, clefs viii
Editors’ note on orthography ix
Acknowledgments x
Introduction 1
Perspective 4
Dissimilar nature and aims of the two operas 8
Turning technical inadequacies into advantages:
Pound's preparation 14
Pound’s process of composing 23
George Antheil and Olga Rudge temporarily replace
Agnes Bedford as amanuensis 26
The metrics of Le Testament 30
The 1926 Paris Salle Pleyel Le Testament 34
Cavalcanti
One opera leads to another 41
Chronology of composition 45
Towards Analysis
The influence of radio 51
Vocal considerations 58
Melody 60
“Donna mi prega” 76
Rhythm and Meter 82
Tempo 84
Harmony and Counterpoint 87
Orchestration 94
Structural considerations:
Literary structures / Musical strategies 111
Epilogue: An indefinite postponement 120
Addendum I Great Bass: sources, genesis, context 127
Addendum II Original and arranged works for solo violin by Ezra Pound 141
Appendix “Tone deaf” 183
Bibliography 187
Index 193
(continued)
CONTENTS Volume II
CAVALCANTI
full score
Cast ii
Orchestra iii
Editors’ notes iv
Preface vi
Background vii
Synopsis viii
General Directions [to the orchestra] x
Act I
Announcer’s text 1
Overture (from Sonate Ghuidonis) 2
Poi che di doglia — Guido Cavalcanti 3
Sol per pietà — Betto Brunelleschi (Buendelmonti) 10
Gianni quel Guido — I Cerchi (I Bianchi) 19
Guarda ben dico — Cobbler 29
Era in pensier — Guido Cavalcanti 45
Guarda ben dico (conclusion) — Cobbler 62
Act II
Announcer’s text 67
Se m’hai del tutto — Guido Cavalcanti 68
In un boschetto — I Cerchi (I Bianchi) 71
Donna mi prega — Guido Cavalcanti 91
Tos temps serai (Sordello) — Vanna 122
Act III
Notes on Act III 126
Announcer’s text 127
Ailas (Sordello) — A French Soldier 128
Quando di morte — Guido Cavalcanti 135
Perch’io non spero — Ricco & Guido Cavalcanti 146
Io son la donna — Seneschal & Fortuna 165
Text and Translations 177

Edition Notes

Includes the full score of the radio opera Cavalcanti.

Errata slip inserted.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-192) and index.

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Emeryville, Calif

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
x, 203, xi, 191 p.
Number of pages
203
Dimensions
10.75 x 8.25 x 1 inches
Weight
4.2 pounds

ID Numbers

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OL20745011M
ISBN 10
0972885900
OCLC/WorldCat
54097877
Library Thing
5882447

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Work Description

Cavalcanti: A Perspective on the Music of Ezra Pound
Essay and full music score in a first edition of 200

The three-act one hour opera is a dramatization of the life of the Florentine poet Guido Cavalcanti (1250-1300), friend of Dante, through eleven of his canzone and ballate. Two additional numbers are settings of poems in Provençal by Sordello.

Double volume
Part I. A systematic analysis of Pound's music training, the application of his musico-poetic theories, methods of composition, and a music analysis of the opera; the genesis and sources of Pound's Great Bass theory.

Part II. The definitive performance edition of Pound's "Cavalcanti," drawn from the uncatalogued and dispersed music manuscripts in the Beinecke Manuscript and Rare Book Library (Yale University). This is the full music score with piano reduction and stage instructions. All music is composed by Ezra Pound. Additional narrator's script, dialogue, and stage instructions are by Pound; editorial notes by Robert Hughes.

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