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Scott Joplin’s opera, TREEMONISHA |
 | | The title role of Treemonisha was sung by Rita Addico-Cohen, whose high voice and impressive command of the stage propelled the opera forward. |
 | | Although the score is deeply rooted throughout in the syncopated rhythms, harmonies and instrumental sonorities of ragtime, he uses those elements to create set pieces that go far beyond the conventions of the style. |
 | | Found crying under a tree, a baby girl named Treemonisha was raised by Monisha and Ned, a childless couple left "in charge" by white owners who had abandoned the plantation after the Civil War ("The Late Unpleasantness"). |
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