The Rise of Romantic Opera - Brossura

Dent, Edward J.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521296595 ISBN 13: 9780521296595

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1975

Riassunto

Dent's lectures here show that romantic opera had its origins not in Germany but in the music-dramas of revolutionary France.

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Descrizione del libro

This book was first published in hard covers in 1976 to mark the centenary of the birth of Edward J. Dent and concentrates on the crucial romantic period and shows how romantic opera had its origins not in Germany, as is often thought, but in the music-dramas and operas of revolutionary France.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The conventions of opera; 3. The heritage of Gluck; 4. The school of Paris I; 5. The school of Paris II; 6. The school of Paris III; 7. Spontini; 8. Rossini; 9. Beethoven and Schubert; 10. Weber and his contemporaries; 11. Bellini; 12. Conclusion; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1975
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521296595
• ISBN 13: 9780521296595
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 212
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile