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Author | : Richard Kramer |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2016-11-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022638408X |
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For the Enlightenment mind, from Moses Mendelssohn’s focus on the moment of surprise at the heart of the work of art to Herder’s imagining of the seismic moment at which language was discovered, it is the flash of recognition that nails the essence of the work, the blink of an eye in which one’s world changes. In Cherubino’s Leap, Richard Kramer unmasks such prismatic moments in iconic music from the Enlightenment, from the “chromatic” moment—the single tone that disturbs the thrust of a diatonic musical discourse—and its deployment in seminal instrumental works by Emanuel Bach, Haydn, and Mozart; on to the poetic moment, taking the odes of Klopstock, in their finely wrought prosody, as a challenge to the problem of strophic song; and finally to the grand stage of opera, to the intense moment of recognition in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride and the exquisitely introverted phrase that complicates Cherubino’s daring moment of escape in Mozart’s Figaro. Finally, the tears of the disconsolate Konstanze in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail provoke a reflection on the tragic aspect of Mozart’s operatic women. Throughout, other players from literature and the arts—Diderot, Goethe, Lessing among them—enrich the landscape of this bold journey through the Enlightenment imagination.
Author | : Richard Kramer |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2016-11-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022637789X |
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Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Preliminaries -- 1. The Chromatic Moment in Enlightenment Thought -- Moments Musicaux -- 2. The Fugal Moment: On a Few Bars in Mozart's Quintet in C Major, K. 515 -- 3. Hearing the Silence: On a Much-Theorized Moment in a Sonata by Emanuel Bach -- The Klopstock Moment -- 4. Oden von Klopstock in Musik gesetzt ... -- 5. Composing Klopstock: Gluck contra Bach -- 6. Beethoven: In Search of Klopstock -- Dramma per Musica -- 7. Anagnorisis: Gluck and the Theater of Recognition -- 8. Cherubino's Leap -- 9. Konstanze's Tears -- Works Cited -- Index
Author | : Ronald Elwy Mitchell |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780299058142 |
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Playwright, director, and critic Ronald E. Mitchell offers general readers a richer understanding of traditions, terms, styles, and staging techniques of musical theater, including an introduction to seventeen examples of operas and musicals, from baroque and romantic operas to Gilbert & Sullivan, from proletarian dramas to Broadway shows like Oklahoma.
Author | : Dorian Bandy |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2023-12-05 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0226828565 |
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An innovative study of the ways performance influenced Mozart’s compositional style. We know Mozart as one of history’s greatest composers. But his contemporaries revered him as a multi-instrumentalist, a dazzling improviser, and the foremost keyboard virtuoso of his time. When he composed, it was often with a single aim in mind: to set the stage, quite literally, for compelling and captivating performances. He wrote piano concertos not with an eye to posterity but to give himself a repertoire with which to flaunt his keyboard wizardry before an awestruck public. The same was true of his sonatas, string quartets, symphonies, and operas, all of which were painstakingly crafted to produce specific effects on those who played or heard them, amusing, stirring, and ravishing colleagues and consumers alike. Mozart the Performer brings to life this elusive side of Mozart’s musicianship. Dorian Bandy traces the influence of showmanship on Mozart’s style, showing through detailed analysis and imaginative historical investigation how he conceived his works as a series of dramatic scripts. Mozart the Performer is a book for anyone who wishes to engage more deeply with Mozart’s artistry and legacy and understand why, centuries later, his music still captivates us.
Author | : Nicholas Ivor Martin |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2013-10-30 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0810888696 |
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You are getting ready for a performance of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and you have a few questions. How many clarinets are in the orchestra? How many orchestra members appear onstage? How many different sets are there? How long does the opera typically run? What are the key arias? Are any special effects or ballet choreography required? Who owns the rights? Where was it premiered? What are the leading and supporting roles? The Opera Manual is the only single source for the answers to these and other important questions. It is the ultimate companion for opera lovers, professionals, scholars, and teachers, featuring comprehensive information about, and plot summaries for, more than 550 operas—including every opera that is likely to be performed today, from standard to rediscovered contemporary works. The book is invaluable, especially for opera professionals, who will find everything they need for choosing and staging operas. But it is also a treasure for listeners. Similar reference books commonly skip over scenes and supporting characters in their plot summaries, lacking even the most basic facts about staging, orchestral, and vocal requirements. The Opera Manual, based on the actual scores of the works discussed, is the only exhaustive, up-to-date opera companion—a “recipe book” that will enable its readers to explore those operas they know and discover new ones to sample and enjoy.
Author | : Matthew Boyden |
Publisher | : Rough Guides |
Total Pages | : 756 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781858287492 |
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Sketches of opera composers, opera synopses, and CD reviews.
Author | : Matthew Boyden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 740 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Music |
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Sketches of opera composers, opera synopsises, and CD reviews.
Author | : Naomi Adele André |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780253346445 |
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Documents the changes in approaches to gender in opera in the early 19th century.
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Total Pages | : 1000 |
Release | : 1964 |
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Author | : Joseph Walker McSpadden |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Operas |
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