The world of opera : the story of its origins and the lore of its performance / by Wallace Brockway & Herbert Weinstock.

Author/creator Brockway, Wallace
Other author Weinstock, Herbert, 1905-1971.
Format Book
Publication Info[New York] : Pantheon Books, 1962, ©1941.
Descriptionviii, 723 pages, 23 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The birth of opera -- Classical austerity and laughter -- Handel -- The French way: part one -- The age of Gluck -- Mozart -- Opera in Germany -- The divine opera-grinder -- Bellini and Donizetti -- The French comic spirit -- Damaged demigods -- Berlioz -- Grand-opera fanfare -- Valhalla -- A perfect opera -- The French way: part two -- The Russians -- Verdi -- Italian opera after Verdi -- Richard Strauss -- From Massenet to Debussy -- A digression of folk opera -- American opera -- A modern galaxy -- Annals of performance.
LCCN 61014654

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML1700.B86 O7 1962 ✔ Available Place Hold