Operatic Pasticcios in 18th-Century Europe
Operatic Pasticcios in 18th-Century Europe

Author: Berthold Over

Publisher: transcript Verlag

Published: 2021-04-30

Total Pages: 799

ISBN-13: 3839448859

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In Early Modern times, techniques of assembling, compiling and arranging pre-existing material were part of the established working methods in many arts. In the world of 18th-century opera, such practices ensured that operas could become a commercial success because the substitution or compilation of arias fitting the singer's abilities proved the best recipe for fulfilling the expectations of audiences. Known as »pasticcios« since the 18th-century, these operas have long been considered inferior patchwork. The volume collects essays that reconsider the pasticcio, contextualize it, define its preconditions, look at its material aspects and uncover its aesthetical principles.

Pasticcio opera in Britain
Pasticcio opera in Britain

Author: Peter Morgan Barnes

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2024-07-09

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1526165171

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This study overturns twentieth-century thinking about pasticcio opera. This radical way of creating opera formed a counterweight, even a relief, to the trenchant masculinity of literate culture in the seventeenth century. It undermined the narrowing of nationalism in the eighteenth century, and was an act of gross sacrilege against the cult of Romantic genius in the nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, it found itself on the wrong side of copyright law. However, in the twenty-first century it is enjoying a tentative revival. This book redefines pasticcio as a method rather than a genre of opera and aligns it with other art forms which also created their works from pre-existing parts, including sculpture. A pasticcio opera is created from pre-existing music and text, thus flying in face of insistence on originality and creation by a solo genius.

To the Court of the Tsarinas and Back Again
To the Court of the Tsarinas and Back Again

Author: Tatiana Korneeva

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2023-08-21

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 3110751062

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In the 18th century Italian theatre and its artists became vital to Russian rulers, who employed Italian musico-dramatic works to advance their political agendas and emphasize Russia’s cultural uniqueness and its cosmopolitan character. Innumerable playwrights and composers, actors and singers were active at the Russian court. Usually considered at best peripheral to Europe, the faraway Russian Empire represents a particularly powerful example of the mobility of theatre agents and the circulation of artistic practices. This book sets a new regional accent on imperial Russia, thus mitigating the traditional historiographical emphasis on Western Europe, and adopts a transnational approach to theatre and music history. Its aim is twofold. First, to explore Italian music-theatrical repertoires that occupied a crucial position within the spectacle of absolutism in Russia. Second, to investigate careers and travel routes of the Italian theatre professionals. The examination of their activities at the Russian court aims not only to provide a fuller understanding of their vital role in the transmission of socio-political and artistic ideas, but also to more firmly situate Russia in the broader arena of European cultural production.

Operatic Pasticcios in 18th Century Europe
Operatic Pasticcios in 18th Century Europe

Author: Berthold Over

Publisher: Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner

Published: 2020-08

Total Pages: 650

ISBN-13: 9783837648850

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Known as "pasticcios," eighteenth-century operas that employed the substitution or compilation of arias fitting the singer's abilities have long been considered inferior patchwork. This volume collects essays that reconsider the pasticcio, contextualize it, look at its material aspects, and uncover its aesthetic principles.

The Power of Persuasion
The Power of Persuasion

Author: Lucas Haasis

Publisher: transcript Verlag

Published: 2022-03-31

Total Pages: 661

ISBN-13: 3839456525

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Lucas Haasis found a time capsule: A complete mercantile letter archive of the merchant Nicolaus Gottlieb Luetkens who lived in 18th century Hamburg. Luetkens travelled France between 1743-1745 in order to become a successful wholesale merchant. He succeeded in this undertaking via both shrewd business practice and proficient skills in the practice of letter writing. Based on this unique discovery, in this microhistorical study Lucas Haasis examines the crucial steps and activities of a mercantile establishment phase, the typical letter practices of Early Modern merchants, and the practical principles of persuasion leading to success in the 18th century.

Tanz und Musik
Tanz und Musik

Author: Christelle Cazaux

Publisher: Schwabe Verlag (Basel)

Published: 2023-11-13

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 379654973X

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Wie beeinflussen Tanzbewegungen die musikalische Spielweise? Und umgekehrt: Welche Wirkung hat die musikalische Interpretation auf die Ausführung einer Choreografie? Wie stehen tänzerische und melodische Phrasierung zueinander? Derlei Fragen zum Verhältnis von Tanz und Musik ergeben sich sowohl bei der praktischen Ausführung als auch bei der Erforschung historischer ‹Tanzmusik›. Entsprechend vielseitig sind die Zugänge, mit denen dieser interdisziplinäre Band ‹Tanzmusik› vom Mittelalter bis zur Romantik untersucht, kontextualisiert und im Sinne historischer Musikpraxis erschließt. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Wechselbeziehung zwischen Klang und Bewegung in verschiedenen historischen Repertoires, Gattungen und Formen.

Queer Jewish Lives Between Central Europe and Mandatory Palestine
Queer Jewish Lives Between Central Europe and Mandatory Palestine

Author: Andreas Kraß

Publisher: transcript Verlag

Published: 2021-12-31

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 3839453321

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When queer Jewish people migrated from Central Europe to the Middle East in the first half of the 20th century, they contributed to the creation of a new queer culture and community in Palestine. This volume offers the first collection of studies on queer Jewish lives between Central Europe and Mandatory Palestine. While the first section of the book presents queer geographies, including Germany, Austria, Poland and Palestine, the second section introduces queer biographies between Europe and Palestine including the sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935), the writer Hugo Marcus (1880-1966), and the artist Annie Neumann (1906-1955).

New Perspectives on Handel's Music
New Perspectives on Handel's Music

Author: David Vickers

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2022-10-11

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 1783271469

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An international collaboration between leading scholars showcases a broad spectrum of observations on Handel and his music, covering many aspects of modern interdisciplinary and traditional philological musicology.

Music and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Music and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Europe

Author: Enrico Fubini

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1994-08-15

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9780226267319

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This book collects key writings about eighteenth century music . It brings together for the first time in one place, a wide selection of essential documents not only about music theory and practice, but about the historical, philosophical, aesthetic, ideological, and literary debates which held sway during a century when musical thought and criticism gained a privileged position in the culture of Europe. Enrico Fubini offers a sampling of English, French, German, and Italian writings on topics ranging from Enlightenment rationalism and the theories of harmony to German musical culture and the polemics on J. S. Bach. Organized by topic and historical period these selections go beyond writings dealing exclusively with specific musical works to larger issues of theory and the reception of musical ideas in the culture at large. The selections are from books, journals, newspapers, pamphlets, and letters; the contributors include Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire, Grimm, Alfieri, Rameau, Quantz, Gluck, Tartini, Leopold and W. A. Mozart, and C. P .E. Bach. Many are translated here for the first time. With general and chapter introductions, restored footnotes, and other valuable annotations, and a biographical appendix, this anthology will interest music scholars, students, and teachers.

Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837
Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837

Author: Gerald Newman

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 1284

ISBN-13: 9780815303961

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In 1714, king George I ushered in a remarkable 123-year period of energy that changed the face of Britain and ultimately had a profound effect on the modern era. The pioneers of modern capitalism, industry, democracy, literature, and even architecture flourished during this time and their innovations and influence spread throughout the British empire, including the United States. Now this rich cultural period in Britain is effectively surveyed and summarized for quick reference in a first-of-its-kind encyclopedia, which contains entries by British, Canadian, American, and Australian scholars specializing in everything from finance and the fine arts to politics and patent law. More than 380 illustrations, mostly rare engravings, enhance the coverage, which runs the whole gamut of political, economic, literary, intellectual, artistic, commercial, and social life, and spotlights some 600 prominent individuals and families.