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    Iowa Stubborn: Meredith Willson's Musical Characterization of his Fellow Iowans

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    2009
    Author
    Schwartz, Roberta F.
    Publisher
    Intellect Ltd.
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    Article
    Article Version
    Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
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    http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/smt/2009/00000003/00000001/art00003
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    The song “Iowa Stubborn” from The Music Man provides a key to understanding the development and musical content of the work. Willson’s “Iowa Stubborn” insistence on the organic development of songs from the narrative led him to use experimental techniques like “speak-song” and “words-without-songs,” some of which were by-products of his long career in radio. By creating a dialogic style of song based on stubborn pitch repetition and a small number of motives, the composer, who by the early 1950s was Iowa’s most famous son, was able to characterize the stubborn natives of the Hawkeye both musically and lyrically, in numerous numbers in the score.
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    This is the author's accepted manuscript. The published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/smt.3.1.31_1 .
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    http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10079
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1386/smt.3.1.31_1
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    • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Scholarly Works [738]
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    Schwartz, Roberta F. (2009) "Iowa Stubborn: Meredith Willson's Musical Characterization of his Fellow Iowans" Studies in Musical Theatre, v.3:1, 1 August 2009, pp. 31-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/smt.3.1.31_1

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