The Opera / A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory.
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In searching through various studies on the opera, one invariably comes upon an obligatory reference to the legendary 1897 work, The A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of every Work in the Modern Repertory by R. A. Streatfeild, and an introduction by J. A. Fuller-Maitland, published in London by John C. Nimmo and in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott Company.In 1998, while preparing to teach a Pace University-Westchester course on the opera, I was lucky enough to find a copy of the book, I offered my students excerpts — without changing the text or opinions of the origi...
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- THE OPERA
- A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory.
- WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.A. FULLER-MAITLAND THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LIMITED PHILADELPHIA: J.B. LIPPINCOTT CO.
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I
- THE BEGINNINGS OF OPERA
- CHAPTER II
- THE REFORMS OF GLUCK
- CHAPTER III
- OPERA BUFFA, OPÉRA COMIQUE, AND SINGSPIEL
- CHAPTER IV
- MOZART
- CHAPTER V
- THE CLOSE OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
- CHAPTER VI
- WEBER AND THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL
- CHAPTER VII
- ROSSINI, DONIZETTI, AND BELLINI
- CHAPTER VIII
- MEYERBEER AND FRENCH OPERA
- CHAPTER IX
- WAGNER'S EARLY WORKS
- CHAPTER X
- WAGNER'S LATER WORKS
- CHAPTER XI
- MODERN FRANCE
- CHAPTER XII
- MODERN ITALY
- CHAPTER XIII
- MODERN GERMAN AND SLAVONIC OPERA
- CHAPTER XIV
- ENGLISH OPERA
- INDEX OF OPERAS
- INDEX OF COMPOSERS
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