| Description |
32 audio discs (approximately 24 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
The great courses. Fine arts & music. Music appreciation
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The great courses |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Robert Greenberg. |
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Compact disc. |
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In two containers (17 cm.). |
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The length of each lecture is: ca. 45 min. The entire program consists of 32 lectures. |
| Summary |
The history of opera is traced from its beginning in the early 17th century to around 1924. The lectures examine landmark operas; musical, cultural, and social developments that influenced opera's growth; and the influence of national languages and cultures on opera. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1: lecture 1-2. Introduction and words and music -- lecture 3-4. A brief history of vocal expression in music -- lecture 5-8. The invention of opera and Monteverdi's Orfeo -- pt. 2: lecture 9-12. The growth of opera, the development of Italian opera seria, and Mozart's Idomeneo -- lecture 13-16. The rise of opera buffa and Mozart's the Marriage of Figaro -- lecture 17-18. The bel canto style and Rossini's the Barber of Seville -- lecture 19-22. Verdi and Otello -- lecture 23-24. French opera -- pt. 4: lecture 25. German opera comes of age -- lecture 26-27. Richard Wagner and Tristan und Isolde -- lecture 28. Late Romantic German opera: Richard Strauss and Salome -- lecture 29-30. Russian opera -- lecture 31-32. Verismo, Puccini, and Tosca. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Opera -- Audio-visual materials.
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Music appreciation -- Audio-visual materials.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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Recorded Books, LLC.
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| ISBN |
9781490652429 |
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1490652426 |
| Music No. |
GC0140 Recorded Books |
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740 Teaching Co. |
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