About this title: "The History of Italian Opera" marks the first time a team of scholars has worked together to investigate the entire Italian operatic tradition, rather than limiting the focus to major composers and their masterworks. Including both musicologists and historians of other arts, the contributors approach opera not only as a distinctive musical genre but also as a form of extravagant theatre and a complex social phenomenon. "Opera on Stage", the second book of this multivolume work to be published in English, focuses on staging and viewing Italian opera, from the court spectacles of the late 16th ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780226045917ISBN:0226045919
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780226045917ISBN:0226045919
Description: New. "The History of Italian Opera" marks the first time a team of expert scholars has worked together to investigate the Italian operatic tradition in its entirety, rather than limiting its focus to individual eras or major composers and their masterworks. read more
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