Musical Symbolism in the Operas of Debussy and Bart'ok: Trauma, Gender, and the Unfolding of the Unconscious (Electronic book text)

This book explores the means by which the operas of Debussy and Bartok transform the structures of the traditional harmonic system into a musical language. It formulates theoretic-analytic principles and describes how these principles link various historical, cultural, philosophical and psychological issues of the early 20th century within opera.