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Television and Opera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Kenneth A. Wright
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“We know that even in ‘lyrical’ performances in the theatre a conflict exists between the dramatic action, which must move on, and the musical composition, which by its nature holds back. How should we reconcile the conflict between the beauty of a formal medium of expression, music, with the speed which is characteristic of every type of film?”

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Research Article
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Tempo , Issue 45 , Autumn 1957 , pp. 8 - 14
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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