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A new way to interpret the musical design underlying the music and choreography of Sophoclean theater.
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Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism, Sophocles--Dramatic production, Sophocles--Stage history, Greek drama--Incidental music--History and criticism, Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism, Drama--Chorus (Greek drama)
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1996
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ML169.S38 1996eb
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781.5/52/0938
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Music, Greek and Roman--History and criticism, Sophocles--Dramatic production, Sophocles--Stage history, Greek drama--Incidental music--History and criticism, Greek drama (Tragedy)--History and criticism, Drama--Chorus (Greek drama)
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Musical Design in Sophoclean Theater
William C. Scott
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE PUBLISHED BY UNIVERSITY PRESS OF NEW ENGLAND HANOVER AND LONDON
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Dartmouth College Published by University Press of New England, Hanover, NH 03755 1996 by Trustees of Dartmouth College All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Scott, William C. (William Clyde), 1937 Musical design in Sophoclean theater / William C. Scott. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87451-739-7 (alk. paper) 1. Music, Greek and RomanHistory and criticism. 2. Sophocles Dramatic production. 3. SophoclesStage history. 4. Greek drama Incidental musicHistory and criticism. 5. Greek drama (Tragedy) History and criticism. 6. DramaChorus (Greek drama) 1. Title. ML169.s38 1996 781.5'52'0938dc20 95-21611
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For Thomas McFarland
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Contents
Preface
ix
Introduction for Readers in Translation: Vital Tools for Staging a Sophoclean Choral Song
xiii
1. Music in Sophoclean Drama
1
The Importance of Perspective
2
The Creative Shaping of Traditional Forms
7
Signs of Sophocles' Interest in Music
11
2. Choral Meter and Musical Form in Antigone and Ajax
18
Meter and Form
18
The Musical Design of Sophocles' Antigone
25
The Musical Design of Sophocles' Ajax
65
3. Musical Design in Trachiniae, Oedipus Tyrannus, Electra, and Philoctetes
96
Trachiniae
96
Oedipus Tyrannus
122
Electra
149
Philoctetes
173
4. The Importance of Musical Design in Sophoclean Drama: Oedipus at Colonus
196
Musical Design in Sophoclean Theater
197
Oedipus at Colonus
218
Notes
255
Select Bibliography on the Chorus in Sophoclean Drama
319
Index
321
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Preface
In my earlier study, Musical Design in Aeschylean Theater, I employed a method of analysis based on the play as performed. The full experience of the audience in the theater, hearing the music and seeing the dance, can be far different from that of the study-bound scholar. G. H. Gellie well stated the critic's puzzlement in evaluating Greek choruses: Even if we perform our Greek plays in the open air, and thereby avoid some of the staging difficulties, there seems to be no way to put across the words of a Greek choral ode that will on the one hand preserve some of the Greekness and on the other hand induce the proper sentiments and emotions in a modern audience.1 This comment is gentle compared to reviews of recent productions that reveal how crippling the failure to understand Greek tragedy's essential musical nature can be. For example:
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