Author: John Denison ChamplinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Naaman-Zwillingsbrüder
Author: John Denison ChamplinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians
Author: Champlin (jr.)Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Naaman-Zwillingsbrüder
Author: John Denison ChamplinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Dictionary-catalogue of Operas and Operettas which Have Been Performed on the Public Stage
Author: John TowersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description
Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests
Author: David J. BuchPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226078116
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
Drawing on hundreds of operas, singspiels, ballets, and plays with supernatural themes, Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests argues that the tension between fantasy and Enlightenment-era rationality shaped some of the most important works of eighteenth-century musical theater and profoundly influenced how audiences and critics responded to them. David J. Buch reveals that despite—and perhaps even because of—their fundamental irrationality, fantastic and exotic themes acquired extraordinary force and popularity during the period, pervading theatrical works with music in the French, German, and Italian mainstream. Considering prominent compositions by Gluck, Rameau, and Haydn, as well as many seminal contributions by lesser-known artists, Buch locates the origins of these magical elements in such historical sources as ancient mythology, European fairy tales, the Arabian Nights, and the occult. He concludes with a brilliant excavation of the supernatural roots of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni, building a new foundation for our understanding of the magical themes that proliferated in Mozart’s wake.
Catalogue of Opera Librettos Printed Before 1800
Author: Library of Congress. Music DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1196
Book Description
The Classical Era
Author: Professor Neal ZaslawPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349206288
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
From the series examining the development of music in specific places during particular times, this book looks at the classical period, in Europe and America, from Vienna and Salzburg to the Iberian courts and Philadelphia.
La Clemenza Di Tito
Author: John A. RicePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521369497
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The first book to be devoted to Mozart's opera, La clemenza di Tito, with historical and critical analysis.
Morality and Viennese Opera in the Age of Mozart and Beethoven
Author: Martin NedbalPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317094085
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
This book explores how the Enlightenment aesthetics of theater as a moral institution influenced cultural politics and operatic developments in Vienna between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Moralistic viewpoints were particularly important in eighteenth-century debates about German national theater. In Vienna, the idea that vernacular theater should cultivate the moral sensibilities of its German-speaking audiences became prominent during the reign of Empress Maria Theresa, when advocates of German plays and operas attempted to deflect the imperial government from supporting exclusively French and Italian theatrical performances. Morality continued to be a dominant aspect of Viennese operatic culture in the following decades, as critics, state officials, librettists, and composers (including Gluck, Mozart, and Beethoven) attempted to establish and define German national opera. Viennese concepts of operatic didacticism and national identity in theater further transformed in response to the crisis of Emperor Joseph II’s reform movement, the revolutionary ideas spreading from France, and the war efforts in facing Napoleonic aggression. The imperial government promoted good morals in theatrical performances through the institution of theater censorship, and German-opera authors cultivated intensely didactic works (such as Die Zauberflöte and Fidelio) that eventually became the cornerstones for later developments of German culture.
Ancient Rome in Early Opera
Author: Robert KettererPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252033787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The major historians of ancient Rome wrote their works in the firm belief that the exalted history of the Roman Empire provided plentiful lessons about individual behavior, inspiration for great souls, and warnings against evil ambitions, not to mention opportunities for rich comedy. The examples of Rome have often been resurrected for the opera stage to display the exceptional grandeur, glory, and tragedy of Roman figures. In this volume, Robert C. Ketterer tracks the changes as operas’ Roman subjects crossed generations and national boundaries. Following opera from its origins in seventeenth-century Venice to Napoleon’s invasion of Italy, Ketterer shows how Roman history provided composers with all the necessary courage and intrigue, love and honor, and triumph and defeat so vital for the stirring music that makes great opera.