A Companion to Twentieth-century Opera
Author: George Martin
Publisher: Orion
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 653
ISBN-13: 9780575028142
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The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth-Century Opera
Author: Mervyn Cooke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-12-08
Total Pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780521780094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
The Companion to Twentieth Century Opera
Author: George Martin
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 654
ISBN-13: 9780719547676
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Author: George Martin
Publisher: John Murray Pubs Limited
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 653
ISBN-13: 9780719546853
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes seven background essays, synopses of eighty-four frequently performed operas, and statistics on the repertoires of opera companies around the world
The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Opera
Author: Anthony R. DelDonna
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-06-25
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 0521873584
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe perfect accompaniment to courses on eighteenth-century opera for both students and teachers, this Companion is a definitive reference resource.
The Opera Companion to Twentieth-century Opera
Author: George Whitney Martin
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 676
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis survey of contemporary opera includes seven background essays, synopses of seventy-eight frequently performed operas, and valuable statistics on the repetoires of opera companies around the world.
Twentieth Century Opera
Author: George Whitney Martin
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 732
ISBN-13: 9780879102753
DOWNLOAD EBOOK(Limelight). Martin provides a guide to opera that is sweeping in its scope, thorough in its detail, and authoritative in its commentary. He recalls a century of achievement in an art form that today enjoys unprecedented popularity and that has been generously enriched by challenging works in many cases yet to be fully recognized of the modern era.
The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera
Author: David Charlton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-09-04
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 1139825895
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
The Cambridge Companion to Opera Studies
Author: Nicholas Till
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-10-18
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 0521855616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first comprehensive attempt to map the current field of opera studies by leading scholars in the discipline.
The Companion to 20th-century Music
Author: Norman Lebrecht
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA lively and readable guide to the music of our century. Distinguished music critic Norman Lebrecht discusses the major composers, conductors, virtuosos, and songwriters who have made the finest music of the last 90 years--from Puccini to Presley, Rachmaninoff to rap. Illustrations.
