| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 431 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge introductions to music |
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Cambridge introductions to music.
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| Contents |
Part I : The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Pre-operatic forms -- First operatic forms -- Formalisation -- Reform : the reintegration of elements -- Comedy and the 'real world' -- Authentic performance -- -- Part II : The nineteenth century. Romanticism and romantic opera in Germany -- Opera in nineteenth-century Italy -- Grand opéra and the visual language of opera -- The Wagnerian revolution -- Nationalists : vernacular language and music -- The role of the singer -- -- Part III : The twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The turn of the century and the crisis in opera -- First modernism : Symbolist and Expressionist opera -- The dramaturgy of opera : libretto -- words and structures -- Narrative opera : realistic and non-realistic -- Radical narratives -- Directors and the direction of opera |
| Summary |
What is opera and how does it work? How has this dramatic form developed and what is its relevance in the modern world? Perfect for music students and opera-goers, this introductory guide addresses these questions and many more, exploring opera as a complete theatrical experience. Organised chronologically and avoiding technical musical terminology, the book clearly demonstrates how opera reflected and reacted to changes in the world around it. A special feature of the volume is the inclusion of illustrative tables throughout. These provide detailed, easy to follow analysis of arias, scenes and acts; visual guides to historical movements; and chronologies relating to genres and individual composers' works. Overall, the book fosters an understanding of opera as a living form as it encounters and uses material from an ever expanding repertoire in time, place and culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Opera
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Opera.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Opera & Classical Scores.
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Opera
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| Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011041744 |
| ISBN |
9781139223720 |
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1139223720 |
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9780511980558 |
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0511980558 |
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9781139220293 |
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1139220292 |
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9781280393310 |
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1280393319 |
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