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Author | : Mervyn Cooke |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2005-12-08 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780521780094 |
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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.
Author | : Anthony R. DelDonna |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2009-06-25 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0521873584 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The perfect accompaniment to courses on eighteenth-century opera for both students and teachers, this Companion is a definitive reference resource.
Author | : Nicholas Till |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2012-10-18 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0521855616 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Opera Studies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The first comprehensive attempt to map the current field of opera studies by leading scholars in the discipline.
Author | : David Charlton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 2003-09-04 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1139825895 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Charles Youmans |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2010-11-18 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1139828525 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Richard Strauss Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Richard Strauss is a composer much loved among audiences throughout the world, both in the opera house and the concert hall. Despite this popularity, Strauss was for many years ignored by scholars, who considered his commercial success and his continued reliance on the tonal system to be liabilities. However, the past two decades have seen a resurgence of scholarly interest in the composer. This Companion surveys the results, focusing on the principal genres, the social and historical context, and topics perennially controversial over the last century. Chapters cover Strauss's immense operatic output, the electrifying modernism of his tone poems, and his ever-popular Lieder. Controversial topics are explored, including Strauss's relationship to the Third Reich and the sexual dimension of his works. Reintroducing the composer and his music in light of recent research, the volume shows Strauss's artistic personality to be richer and much more complicated than has been previously acknowledged.
Author | : Anastasia Belina |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2019-12-05 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1107182166 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Operetta Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A collection of essays revealing how operetta spread across borders and became popular on the musical stages of the world.
Author | : Scott L. Balthazar |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2004-11-18 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780521635356 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Verdi Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This Companion provides a biographical, theatrical, and social-cultural background for Verdi's operas, examines in detail important general aspects of its style and method of composing, and synthesizes stylistic themes in discussions of representative works. Aspects of Verdi's milieu, style, creative process, and critical reception are explored in essays by highly reputed specialists. Like others in the series this Companion is aimed primarily at students and opera lovers.
Author | : David Eden |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2009-08-06 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0521888492 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Gilbert and Sullivan Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An international team of contributors, including film director Mike Leigh, presents fresh insights into the work of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Author | : David Trippett |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 2019-08-22 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 1107111250 |
Download Nineteenth-Century Opera and the Scientific Imagination Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Explores the rich and varied interactions between nineteenth-century science and the world of opera for the first time.
Author | : Emanuele Senici |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2004-04-29 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780521001953 |
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