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1 online resource |
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Cover -- Half-title -- Frontispiece -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The French Connection -- The Outsider -- Orpheus Unbound -- Interval -- Annus Mirabilis -- No, No, Nana -- The Exposition Tetralogy -- Latter Days -- Lost in Space -- The Last Act -- The Revolutionary -- 2 Wagner, Nietzsche, and the Polemics of Opera -- The Roots of Undying Hatred -- Across the Rhine -- Jews in Music -- The Matter of Internationalism |
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A Pin to Puncture a BalloonNietzsche Takes Up the Challenge -- Earnest Intensity vs. the Pleasure Principle -- Mistaking Sunrise for High Noon -- 3 Tales from the Vienna Stage -- According to Nestroy -- Passing on the Torch -- 4 Against the Victorian Grain -- G & S -- Divas on the Road -- Refinements -- 5 The Discovery of America -- A Welcome Immigrant -- The Pan of Pruriency -- A Personal Appearance -- An American Beauty -- A Martial Coda -- 6 Caviar with the Champagne -- Franco-Russian Relations -- Chekhovian -- La belle Yelena |
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7 Doing the ContinentalBorder Crossings -- Principalities and Powers -- â#x80;#x9C;Il conquera parce quâ#x80;#x99;il est espagnolâ#x80;#x9D; -- A Portuguese Welcome -- 8 South of the Equator, East of Suez -- Latin America -- Egyptian Nights -- Australia -- Japan -- 9 A Max Reinhardt Production -- An Antidote to Wagner -- The Magician -- Helen Triumphant -- Death in Venice -- La vie hitlerienne -- 10 Red Stars -- A Dying Fall -- Meet Comrade Offenbach -- A Five-Year Plan for Helen of Troy -- The Paris-Petrograd Express -- 11 French without Tears |
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Civilization and Its DiscontentsBlack and White -- A Symphonic Interlude -- Invitation to the Waltz -- A National Treasure -- 12 English As She Is Spoke -- Urban Planning -- Helenâ#x80;#x99;s Abduction to London -- An Aquatic Interlude -- Broadway Bound -- 13 Rebirth from the Ruins -- The De-Nazification of Comic Opera -- Bluebeardâ#x80;#x99;s Castle -- 14 Conclusion: Taking Offenbach Seriously -- Hoffmann of 1,000 Faces -- Taking Comic Opera Seriously -- The Wandering Jew -- Select Bibliography -- Periodicals -- Books and Articles -- General Reference |
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Works on OffenbachIndividual Works of Offenbach -- Works on Opera, Opera Bouffe, Operetta, and Light Opera -- France -- German-Speaking World -- United Kingdom -- North America -- Russia -- Elsewhere |
| Summary |
Offenbach's operas were a significant force for cultural change, both in his own time and in the decades to follow. In this book, Laurence Senelick demonstrates the ways in which this musical phenomenon took hold globally, with Offenbach's work offering an alternative, irreverent, sexualized view of life which audiences found liberating, both personally and socially. In the theatre, the composer also inspired cutting-edge innovations in stagecraft and design, and in this book, he is recognized as a major cultural influence, with an extensive impact on the spheres of literature, art, film, and even politics. Senelick argues that Offenbach's importance spread far beyond France, and that his provocative and entertaining works, often seen as being more style than substance, influenced numerous key artists, writers, and thinkers, and made a major contribution to the development of modern society |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880 -- Appreciation
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| SUBJECT |
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880 fast |
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Offenbach, Jacques 1819-1880 gnd |
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Opera -- 19th century
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Opera -- 20th century
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
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MUSIC -- Lyrics.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal.
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Art appreciation
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Opera
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108328241 |
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1108328245 |
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9781108327442 |
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1108327443 |
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9781139029643 |
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1139029649 |
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