Music in the Restoration theatre : with a catalogue of instrumental music in the plays, 1665-1713 / by Curtis A. Price.

Author/creator Price, Curtis Alexander, 1945-
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor, MI : UMI Research Press, ©1979.
Descriptionxxi, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Incidental music--England. --17th century. --History and criticism.
Incidental music--England. --18th century. --History and criticism.
Dramatic music--History and criticism.
Music--Great Britain. --History and criticism.

SeriesStudies in musicology ; no. 4
Studies in musicology ; no. 4. ^A163772
Contents Introduction: the special place of music in Restoration drama -- The play-books and musical conventions -- Music within the drama -- Independent songs and instrumental music for dramatic effect -- Masques, entertainments, and dances -- Musical surrogates and musical groves -- Incidental music -- Preliminary music -- Act tunes -- Act songs -- The musicians -- The actor as musician -- The instrumentalist onstage -- The playhouse orchestra -- The abuse of music in restoration drama -- Italianate opera and the reform of the play -- The Italian infiltration -- Theatrical revolutions -- Appendix I: A catalogue of instrumental music in restoration plays 1665-1713 -- Appendix II: A list of sets of act music published by John Walsh 1701-1710.
Bibliography note"A list of sets of act music published by John Walsh, 1701-1713": pages 237-243.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 79011742
ISBN0835709981 :
ISBN9780835709989
ISBN083570999X (pbk.) :

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