| Edition |
Revised. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
Opera classics library |
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Opera classics library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-378) and index. |
| Contents |
A History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses / Opera Classics Library Series; About the Author; A History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses: Title Page; Opera Journeys publications; Contents; A Prelude; Chapter One: The Birth of Modern Opera: The First 150 Years -- 1500 to 1750; Chapter two: Handel and Baroque Opera; Chapter three: Gluck: Returning to Ideals; Chapter four: French Baroque Opera: Lully and Rameau; Chapter five: Mozart and the Classical Era; Chapter six: Carl Maria von Weber: German Romanticism; Chapter seven: Rossini and Opera Buffa. |
| Summary |
A comprehensive history of opera that traces each milestone in opera history from the 16th century Camerata through the next 400 years, and featurrd in depth analysis of all important genres: the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, Bel Canto, Opera Buffa, German Romanticism, Wagner and music drama, Verismo, Impressionism, Expressionism, Serialism, and much more. |
| Subject |
Opera.
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Operas -- Scenarios.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Opera.
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Opera. (OCoLC)fst01046145
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Operas -- Scenarios.
(OCoLC)fst01046227
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| ISBN |
1930841981 (electronic bk.) |
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9781930841987 (electronic bk.) |
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