[PDF] The Cambridge Companion To Grand Opera eBook

Author : David Charlton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 41,77 MB
Release : 2003-09-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 1139825895

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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 : Nicholas Till
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 29,71 MB
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521855616

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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
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 10,48 MB
Release : 2003-09-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521646833

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Author : Anthony R. DelDonna
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 24,40 MB
Release : 2009-06-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521873584

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The perfect accompaniment to courses on eighteenth-century opera for both students and teachers, this Companion is a definitive reference resource.

Author : Mervyn Cooke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 38,83 MB
Release : 2005-12-08
Category : 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 : Jacqueline Waeber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 723 pages
File Size : 44,15 MB
Release : 2022-12-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 1108915914

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The Cambridge Companion to Seventeenth-Century Opera is a much-needed introduction to one of the most defining areas of Western music history - the birth of opera and its developments during the first century of its existence. From opera's Italian foundations to its growth through Europe and the Americas, the volume charts the changing landscape – on stage and beyond – which shaped the way opera was produced and received. With a range from opera's sixteenth-century antecedents to the threshold of the eighteenth century, this path breaking book is broad enough to function as a comprehensive introduction, yet sufficiently detailed to offer valuable insights into most of early opera's many facets; it guides the reader towards authoritative written and musical sources appropriate for further study. It will be of interest to a wide audience, including undergraduate and graduate students in universities and equivalent institutions, and amateur and professional musicians.

Author : John Potter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 30,66 MB
Release : 2000-04-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 1139825771

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Ranging from medieval music to Madonna and beyond, this book covers in detail the many aspects of the voice. The volume is divided into four broad areas. Popular Traditions begins with an overview of singing traditions in world music and continues with aspects of rock, rap and jazz. The Voice in the Theatre includes both opera singing from the beginnings to the present day and twentieth-century stage and screen entertainers. Choral Music and Song features a history of the art song, essential hints on singing in a larger choir, the English cathedral tradition and a history of the choral movement in the United States. The final substantial section on performance practices ranges from the voice in the Middle Ages and the interpretation of early singing treatises to contemporary vocal techniques, ensemble singing, the teaching of singing, children's choirs, and a comprehensive exposition of vocal acoustics.

Author : David Eden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 37,14 MB
Release : 2009-08-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 1139828479

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Memorable melodies and fanciful worlds – the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan remain as popular today as when they were first performed. This Companion provides a timely guide to the history and development of the collaboration between the two men, including a fresh examination of the many myths and half-truths surrounding their relationship. Written by an international team of specialists, the volume features a personal account from film director Mike Leigh on his connection with the Savoy Operas and the creation of his film Topsy-Turvy. Starting with the early history of the operatic stage in Britain, the Companion places the operas in their theatrical and musical context, investigating the amateur performing tradition, providing new perspectives on the famous patter songs and analysing their dramatic and operatic potential. Perfect for enthusiasts, performers and students of Gilbert and Sullivan's enduring work, the book examines their legacy and looks forward to the future.

Author : Christopher H. Gibbs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 34,22 MB
Release : 1997-04-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 1139825321

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This Companion to Schubert examines the career, music, and reception of one of the most popular yet misunderstood and elusive composers. Sixteen chapters by leading Schubert scholars make up three parts. The first seeks to situate the social, cultural, and musical climate in which Schubert lived and worked, the second surveys the scope of his musical achievement, and the third charts the course of his reception from the perceptions of his contemporaries to the assessments of posterity. Myths and legends about Schubert the man are explored critically and the full range of his musical accomplishment is examined.

Author : Christina Fuhrmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 44,14 MB
Release : 2015-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1107022215

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London operatic adaptations have been maligned, but this comprehensive study demonstrates their importance to theatre, opera and canon formation.