A short history of opera / by Donald Jay Grout.
| Author/creator | Grout, Donald Jay |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, 1965. |
| Description | xviii, 852 pages : music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Music and drama to the end of the sixteenth century. The lyric theatre of the Greeks ; Medieval dramatic music ; The immediate forerunners of opera -- The seventeenth century. The beginnings ; Monteverdi's "Orfeo" ; Other Italian court operas of the early seventeenth century ; Italian opera in the later seventeenth century. I, In Italy ; Italian opera in the later seventeenth century. II, In Germany ; Early German opera ; Lully and the opera in France ; English opera -- The eighteenth century. Masters of the early eighteenth century ; The opera seria ; The operas of Gluck ; Eighteenth-century comic opera ; Mozart -- The nineteenth century. The turn of the century ; Grand opera ; Opéra comique, operetta, and lyric opera ; Italian opera : Verdi ; The romantic opera in Germany ; Wagner ; The later nineteenth century ; Nationalism and opera -- The twentieth century. Old bottles and new wine ; Tradition and renewal : the recent past. |
| Abstract | "The present edition aims to incorporate the results of recent research and to bring the history of opera forward to about 1960"-- ?c Page vii. |
| Local note | Little-89532 - $13.50 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 585-768) and index. "Modern editions of operas or excerpts from operas composed before 1800 : including pre-operatic works of the sixteenth century": pages 769-786. |
| LCCN | 64011043 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Course Reference | ML1700.G83 S5 1965 V.1 | ✔ Available | |
| Music | Course Reference | ML1700.G83 S5 1965 V.2 | ✔ Available |