A Different Drummer: A Chamber Opera

A Different Drummer is a chamber opera adaptation of Donald Davis's story "A Different Drummer" from his collection Listening for the Crack of Dawn, published by August House. The opera lasts about seventy minutes, and calls for a cast of three and an orchestra of sixteen players. It contains a prologue, epilogue and four scenes in a single act. The score is prefaced by a paper describing the musical strategies employed in setting the story as an opera. Three chapters describe the adaptation from short story to opera, the essential musical elements, and details of the application of the musical elements in each scene of the opera. The libretto is presented in the fourth chapter.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

1999

Author dc:creator

• Friedman, Arnold Jacob

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mailman, Martin S.
• Bradetich, Jeff
• McTee, Cindy, 1953-

• Operas.
• opera
• chamber opera

Statement dc:rights

• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Friedman, Arnold Jacob
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 44931029
untcat: b2224004
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