Composing the Jew’s Soundscape in Operatic Versions of The Merchant

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_5836
dc.contributor.author	Cohen Judah
dc.title	Composing the Jew’s Soundscape in Operatic Versions of The Merchant of Venice
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Opera composers adapting The Merchant of Venice have given Shylock a distinctive sound using musical techniques that mark him as a classic outsider. Drawing on the scores of ten of these operas this essay highlights five compositional strategies for characterizing Shylock. Separately, these strategies highlight subtle shifts in the portrayal of Jews across different eras and localities. Together, they point to a deeper portrayal of Jews as figures who live on the margins of European tonality. Shylock in these operas projects an ambiguous social status and lack of alignment with the more consonant world of the other characters.
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi e ricerche
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-06-10
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-504-9/composing-the-jews-soundscape-in-operatic-versions/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-503-2/010
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dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-504-9
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-503-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.subject	Adrian Beecham
dc.subject	Adrian Beecham
dc.subject	Aldo Finzi
dc.subject	Aldo Finzi
dc.subject	Chromaticism
dc.subject	Chromaticism
dc.subject	Ciro Pinsuti
dc.subject	Ciro Pinsuti
dc.subject	Foerster
dc.subject	Foerster
dc.subject	Jews
dc.subject	Jews
dc.subject	Josef B
dc.subject	Josef B
dc.subject	Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
dc.subject	Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
dc.subject	Music
dc.subject	Music
dc.subject	Opera
dc.subject	Opera
dc.subject	Otto Taubmann
dc.subject	Otto Taubmann
dc.subject	Reynaldo Hahn
dc.subject	Reynaldo Hahn
dc.subject	Shylock
dc.subject	Shylock
dc.subject	The Merchant of Venice
dc.subject	The Merchant of Venice

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Composing the Jew’s Soundscape in Operatic Versions of The Merchant of Venice

Judah Cohen Indiana University, USA

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Opera composers adapting The Merchant of Venice have given Shylock a distinctive sound using musical techniques that mark him as a classic outsider. Drawing on the scores of ten of these operas this essay highlights five compositional strategies for characterizing Shylock. Separately, these strategies highlight subtle shifts in the portrayal of Jews across different eras and localities. Together, they point to a deeper portrayal of Jews as figures who live on the margins of European tonality. Shylock in these operas projects an ambiguous social status and lack of alignment with the more consonant world of the other characters.

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June 10, 2021

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978-88-6969-504-9

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Keywords: Shylock • Music • The Merchant of Venice • Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco • Otto Taubmann • Foerster • Opera • Ciro Pinsuti • Josef B • Chromaticism • Adrian Beecham • Jews • Aldo Finzi • Reynaldo Hahn

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