An edition of Le Testament 1923 Facsimile Edition (2011)

Le Testament

an opera by Ezra Pound, 1923 Facsimile Edition with Audio CD

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An edition of Le Testament 1923 Facsimile Edition (2011)

Le Testament

an opera by Ezra Pound, 1923 Facsimile Edition with Audio CD

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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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Second Evening Art Publishing
Pages
270

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Subjects
Ezra Pound, Francois Villon, George Antheil, facsimile editions, twentieth-century opera, opera, modernism, modernist opera, medievalsim
People
Francois Villon, George Antheil, Ezra Pound
Places
Paris
Times
15th century

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Table of Contents

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

Edition Notes

Published in
Emeryville CA

Contributors

Editor
Robert G. Hughes
Editor
Margaret Fisher
Contributor
Stephen J. Adams
Illustrator
Ariel

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
270
Number of pages
270
Dimensions
10.75 x 8,25 x .75 inches
Weight
3.2 pounds

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OL24969099M
ISBN 13
9780972885980

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