| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 447 pages) : 1 map, music |
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Cambridge studies in opera |
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Cambridge studies in opera.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 Sixteenth-century beginings -- 2 The Thirty Years War and its aftermath -- 3 The Hamburg enterprise -- 4 Travelling troupes and changing attitudes -- 5 From the Seven Years War to the French Revolution -- 6 The Viennese Singspiel -- 7 Mozart's German operas -- 8 From the French Revolution to the turn of the century -- 9 French opera in Germany after the Revolution -- 10 New critics and singers -- 11 Opera in a new century: the first decade (1) |
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12 Opera in a new century: the first decade (2) -- 13 The groth of Romantic and grand opera -- 14 Romantic opera and grand opera in the 1820s (1) -- 15 Romantic opera and grand opera in the 1820s (2) -- 16 Opera in the mid nineteenth century (1) -- 17 Opera in the mid nineteenth century (2) -- 18 Wagner -- APPENDIX -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Summary |
German opera from its primitive origins up to Wagner is the subject of this wide-ranging history, the only one of its kind in any language. It traces the growth of the humble Singspiel into a vehicle for the genius of Mozart and Beethoven, together with the persistent attempts at German Grand Opera. Seventeenth century Hamburg opera, the role of the travelling companies and Viennese Singspiel are all explored. Discussions that from early days absorbed Germans concerned for the development of a national art are followed, together with the influence of new critical thought at the start of the nineteenth century. The many operas studied are placed in their historical, social and theatrical context, and attention is paid to the literary, artistic and philosophical ideas that made them part of the country's intellectual history. Warrack assesses the contributions of Schubert, Mendelssohn and Schumann, as well as Weber and Hoffmann, among others.--Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 416-426) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Opera -- Germany
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Opera
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Germany
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00062127 |
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