How Opera Grew
Author | : Ethel Rose Peyser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Opera |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ethel Rose Peyser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Opera |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ethel Peyser |
Publisher | : Literary Licensing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 510 |
Release | : 2011-10-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258183202 |
Author | : Helen L. Kaufmann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Pogue |
Publisher | : For Dummies |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1997-09-04 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780764550102 |
“Pogue is a wonderful teacher… He can teach anybody.” — Gay Talese, bestselling author of Honor Thy Father “Scott Speck is a great communicator of classical music…. Concert audiences and readers alike can’t help getting caught up in the joy of his subject.” — David Styers, American Symphony Orchestra League Opera is weird. Everybody wears makeup and sings all the time. Even when they’re singing your language, which is rare, you still can’t understand the words. Women play men, men play women, and 45-year-olds play teenagers. All the main characters seem to get killed off. And when somebody dies, he takes ten minutes to sing about it. Yet, for all its weirdness, an operatic experience is an experience in breathtaking beauty. When you hear a soprano float a soft high C, or a tenor singing a love song, or a full-throated chorus in the climax of a scene’s dramatic finale, you can’t help getting goosebumps. Want to experience all that beauty for yourself, but don’t know where to begin? Opera For Dummies is an excellent place to start. Written by an acclaimed conductor and a musical director, this friendly guide tells you what you need to know to: Understand opera from the Baroque and Roman periods through today Interpret characters, orchestra, chorus, and other players Understand what’s happening, both on stage and off Choose the best seats Identify famous operas Build a great collection of opera recordings Locate opera sites and chat groups online Whether you’re interested in attending a live opera, want to build a collection of recordings, or just want to be able to talk about opera intelligently, Opera For Dummies is for you. Among other things, you’ll explore: The words, the music, and the people who sing it The history of opera and the lives of the great composers Going to the opera — including tips for getting tickets, preparing for the opera, dressing for the opera, and more Musical and theatrical conventions used in opera In-depth synopses of the world’s most beloved operas On the bonus CD you’ll find: More than 60 minutes of music compiled especially for the book A multimedia piece for PC or MAC Wonder what it is about opera that can make a grown person cry like a baby? Find out in Opera For Dummies.
Author | : Carolyn Abbate |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 2015-09-08 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0393089533 |
“The best single volume ever written on the subject, such is its range, authority, and readability.”—Times Literary Supplement Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their “effervescent, witty” (Die Welt, Germany) retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the musical and dramatic means by which it communicates, and its role in society. Now with an expanded examination of opera as an institution in the twenty-first century, this “lucid and sweeping” (Boston Globe) narrative explores the tensions that have sustained opera over four hundred years: between words and music, character and singer, inattention and absorption. Abbate and Parker argue that, though the genre’s most popular and enduring works were almost all written in a distant European past, opera continues to change the viewer— physically, emotionally, intellectually—with its enduring power.
Author | : Marion Bauer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Henry Sutherland Edwards |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1862 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
History of the Opera From Its Origin in Italy to the Present Time. With Anecdotes of the Most Celebrated Composers and Vocalists of Europe Volume 1
Author | : Donald J. Grout |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 1047 |
Release | : 2003-07-18 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0231507720 |
When first published in 1947, A Short History of Opera immediately achieved international status as a classic in the field. Now, more than five decades later, this thoroughly revised and expanded fourth edition informs and entertains opera lovers just as its predecessors have. The fourth edition incorporates new scholarship that traces the most important developments in the evolution of musical drama. After surveying anticipations of the operatic form in the lyric theater of the Greeks, medieval dramatic music, and other forerunners, the book reveals the genre's beginnings in the seventeenth century and follows its progress to the present day. A Short History of Opera examines not only the standard performance repertoire, but also works considered important for the genre's development. Its expanded scope investigates opera from Eastern European countries and Finland. The section on twentieth-century opera has been reorganized around national operatic traditions including a chapter devoted solely to opera in the United States, which incorporates material on the American musical and ties between classical opera and popular musical theater. A separate section on Chinese opera is also included. With an extensive multilanguage bibliography, more than one hundred musical examples, and stage illustrations, this authoritative one-volume survey will be invaluable to students and serious opera buffs. New fans will also find it highly accessible and informative. Extremely thorough in its coverage, A Short History of Opera is now more than ever the book to turn to for anyone who wants to know about the history of this art form.
Author | : Henry Sutherland Edwards |
Publisher | : London : W.H. Allen |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1862 |
Genre | : Opera |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Henry Edwards |
Publisher | : Litres |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 2021-03-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 5040756216 |