Author: George Whitney MartinPublisher:
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Languages : en
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“The” Companion to Twentieth-century Opera
Author: George Whitney MartinThe Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera
Author: Mervyn CookePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521780094
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
This Companion celebrates the extraordinary riches of the twentieth-century operatic repertoire in a collection of specially commissioned essays written by a distinguished team of academics, critics and practitioners. Beginning with a discussion of the century's vital inheritance from late-romantic operatic traditions in Germany and Italy, the text embraces fresh investigations into various aspects of the genre in the modern age, with a comprehensive coverage of the work of individual composers from Debussy and Schoenberg to John Adams and Harrison Birtwistle. Traditional stylistic categorizations (including symbolism, expressionism, neo-classicism and minimalism) are reassessed from new critical perspectives, and the distinctive operatic traditions of Continental and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and United States are subjected to fresh scrutiny. The volume includes essays devoted to avant-garde music theatre, operettas and musicals, filmed opera, and ends with a discussion of the position of the genre in today's cultural marketplace.
The Companion to Twentieth-century Opera
Author: George Whitney MartinPublisher: Dodd Mead
ISBN: 9780396083399
Category : Opera
Languages : en
Pages : 653
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A Companion to Twentieth-century Opera
Author: George MartinPublisher: Orion
ISBN: 9780575028142
Category : Opera
Languages : en
Pages : 653
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The Companion to Twentieth Century Opera
Author: George MartinPublisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
ISBN: 9780719547676
Category : Opera
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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Twentieth Century Opera
Author: George Whitney MartinPublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879102753
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
(Limelight). Martin provides a guide to opera that is sweeping in its scope, thorough in its detail, and authoritative in its commentary. He recalls a century of achievement in an art form that today enjoys unprecedented popularity and that has been generously enriched by challenging works in many cases yet to be fully recognized of the modern era.
The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera
Author: Anthony R. DelDonnaPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521873584
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
The perfect accompaniment to courses on eighteenth-century opera for both students and teachers, this Companion is a definitive reference resource.
The Opera of the Twentieth Century
Author: William SchoellPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476605564
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
In the late 1500s in Florence, aristocrats of the Renaissance renovated classical Greek dramas into dramatic musicals and gave birth to the first operas. After centuries of transformation, the opera is still appreciated as a historically dynamic paradigm of the fine arts. Composers of the twentieth century have worked hard to fashion a voice distinct from the romantic composers of the nineteenth century and the traditions that preceded them, and this volume explores the extent of their success. Beginning with a thorough introduction to the history of operatic forms and transformation, this book presents a comprehensive discussion of twentieth century opera. Giving ear to many composers and many styles--romantic and modern and assorted variations--the discussion includes such globally renowned composers as Strauss, Puccini, Prokofiev and Mascagni, as well as the esoteric works of less famous composers. Spanning as it does from Puccini's Tosca and Charpentier's Louise to Heggie's Dead Man Walking and Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles, twentieth century operatic form has something for every taste. The discussion is therefore structured chronologically and directed at exploring this complex diversity and ingenuity of twentieth-century styles. Examples from across the globe and firsthand commentary from contemporary operatic professionals complement the discussion. Concluding chapters comment upon the operatic presence in the twenty-first century and the future of operatic forms.
The Cambridge Companion to Opera Studies
Author: Nicholas TillPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521855616
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
The first comprehensive attempt to map the current field of opera studies by leading scholars in the discipline.
The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera
Author: David CharltonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139825895
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
This 2003 Companion is a fascinating and accessible exploration of the world of grand opera. Through this volume a team of scholars and writers on opera examine those important Romantic operas which embraced the Shakespearean sweep of tragedy, history, love in time of conflict, and the struggle for national self-determination. Rival nations, rival religions and violent resolutions are common elements, with various social or political groups represented in the form of operatic choruses. The book traces the origins and development of a style created during an increasingly technical age, which exploited the world-renowned skills of Parisian stage-designers, artists, and dancers as well as singers. It analyses in detail the grand operas by Rossini, Auber, Meyerbeer and Halévy, discusses grand opera in Russia and Germany, and also in the Czech lands, Italy, Britain and the Americas. The volume also includes an essay by the renowned opera director David Pountney.