The Cambridge Companion to Seventeenth-Century Opera
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- Editor: Jacqueline Waeber, Duke University, North Carolina
- Date Published: December 2022
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- isbn: 9780521530460
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The Cambridge Companion to Seventeenth-Century Opera is a much-needed introduction to one of the most defining areas of Western music history - the birth of opera and its developments during the first century of its existence. From opera's Italian foundations to its growth through Europe and the Americas, the volume charts the changing landscape – on stage and beyond – which shaped the way opera was produced and received. With a range from opera's sixteenth-century antecedents to the threshold of the eighteenth century, this path breaking book is broad enough to function as a comprehensive introduction, yet sufficiently detailed to offer valuable insights into most of early opera's many facets; it guides the reader towards authoritative written and musical sources appropriate for further study. It will be of interest to a wide audience, including undergraduate and graduate students in universities and equivalent institutions, and amateur and professional musicians.
Read more- A much-needed introduction to one of the most defining areas of Western music history - the birth of opera
- Reviews current scholarship in seventeenth-century opera studies and showcases the most salient topics through which to comprehend its early history
- By bringing together music, theatre and literature, the volume engages with a range of disciplinary perspectives which can be explored across the humanities
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- Date Published: December 2022
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521530460
- length: 320 pages
- dimensions: 244 x 169 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.732kg
- contains: 11 b/w illus. 7 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface and acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Part I. The Italian Foundations:
1. Opera is born: the wedding of music and drama in late Renaissance Florence Barbara Russano Hanning
2. '…e poi le parole': towards a history of the libretto Tim Carter
3. Aria, Recitative, and Chorus in Italian Opera Sara Elisa Stangalino
4. Opera as spectacle, opera as drama Margaret Murata
Part II. Society, Institutions and Production:
5. Opera for a paying public (Italy c. 1637–c. 1700) Beth L. Glixon
6. 'Una bella voce, un bel trillo, d un bel passaggio': opera singers in seventeenth-century Italy Colleen Reardon
7. Opera, gender and voice Christine Jeanneret
8. Dance and ballet Rebecca Harris-Warrick
9. Staging opera in the seventeenth century Roger Savage
Part III. National Traditions (Outside Italy):
10. Opera in France c. 1640–c. 1710 Laura Naudeix
11. Song and declamation in French opera Jacqueline Weber
12. Opera in England Amanda Eubanks Winkler
13. The development of opera in German Michael Maul
14. Opera in Spain and the Spanish dominions in Italy and the Americas Louise K. Stein
Bibliography
Index.-
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