Ballad Operas: a List and Some Notes
Author: George Tufts
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 48
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Author: George Tufts
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Uwe Böker
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9042021136
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Richard Steele remarked that the greatest Evils in human Society are such as no Law can come at, he was not able to forsee the spectacular success of John Gay's satire of society, the administration of law and crime, politics, the Italian opera and other topics. Gay's The Beggar's Opera, with its mixture of witty dialogue and popular songs, was imitated by 18th century writers, criticized by those on the seats of power, but remained a favourite of the English theatre public ever since. With N. Playfair's 1920 revival and B. Brecht's and K. Weill's 1928 Dreigroschenoper, Gay's play has been a starting-point for dramatists such as V. Havel (Zebrácká opera, 1975), W. Soyinka (Opera Wonyosi, 1977), Ch. Buarque (Ópera do Malandro, 1978), D. Fo (L'opera dello sghignazzo, 1981), A. Ayckbourn (A Chorus of Disapproval, 1984), as well as others such as Latouche, Hacks, Fassbinder, Dear, Wasserman, and Lepage. Apart from contributions by international scholars analysing the above-named plays, the editors' introduction covers other dramatists that have payed hommage to Gay. This interdisciplinary collection of essays is of particular interest for scholars working in the field of drama/theatre studies, the eighteenth century, contemporary drama, postcolonial studies, and politics and the stage.
Author: Oscar George Sonneck
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 742
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 306
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes music.
Author: Donald Jay Grout
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 1049
ISBN-13: 0231119585
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"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."--Jacket.
Author: William Barclay Squire
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 26
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Published: 1935
Total Pages: 318
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jennifer M. Pickering
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 444
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