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Irony, Satire, Parody and the Grotesque in the Music of Shostakovich: A Theory of Musical Incongruitites

Author(s): Sheinberg, Esti

ISBN10: 0754602265

ISBN13: 9780754602262

Cover: Hardcover

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List of figures

vii

List of plates

viii

Preface

Acknowledgements

Transliteration from the Russian

xii

I Introduction

Introduction

(30)

II Irony

The concept of irony: philosophical background

(24)

Incongruities as indicators of irony

(12)

III Satire

The structure of satire

(8)

The structure of musical satire

(5)

Satirizing techniques

(59)

IV Parody

Definitions of parody

141

(8)

The structure of parody

149

(4)

Historical background

153

(34)

Techniques of parody

187

(20)

V The Grotesque

Definition, structure and content of the grotesque

207

(22)

The satirical grotesque

229

(19)

The grotesque at the beginning of the twentieth century

248

(65)

VI Existential irony

Compound messages

313

(7)

Notes

320

(19)

Bibliography

339

(24)

General Index

363

(8)

Index of names

371

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