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Winner of the William M. Jones Best Graduate Student Paper Award at the 2019 Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association Conference: Collaborating in a Continuous Present: Language and the Performing Body in Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts

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Tytuł:: Winner of the William M. Jones Best Graduate Student Paper Award at the 2019 Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association Conference: Collaborating in a Continuous Present: Language and the Performing Body in Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts
Autorzy:: Marshall, Jocelyn E.
Temat:: AFRICAN American singers
CASTING of operas
REPETITION (Aesthetics)
CONTINUITY
IDENTITY (Psychology)
Źródło:: Journal of American Culture; Dec2019, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p335-344, 10p, 3 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs
Recenzje i produkty:: FOUR Saints in Three Acts (Theatrical production)
Ludzie:: STEIN, Gertrude, 1874-1946
THOMSON, Virgil, 1896-1989
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The author discusses the opera "Four Saints in Three Acts" with libretto by Gertrude Stein and music by Virgil Thomson. She mentions the casting of African Americans in the opera, the use of repetition in the libretto to create a sense of continuity, and the lack of identity in the creation of the characters.

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Winner of the William M. Jones Best Graduate Student Paper Award at the 2019 Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association Conference: Collaborating in a Continuous Present: Language and the Performing Body in Gertrude Stein and Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts