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245 10 a| North German opera in the age of Goethe /c| Thomas Bauman.;

260 a| Cambridge ;a| New York :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 1985.;

300 a| xii, 444 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 23 cm;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| "Catalogue of north German operas, 1766-99": pages 325-427.;

504 a| Includes bibliography (pages 428-435) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- The birth of Saxon opera -- The diffusion of Saxon opera -- New directions: the Seyler company -- Prussian stirrings and Goethe's early librettos -- Prussian dominion and the end of Saxon opera -- Lean years: 1784-1791 -- The assimilation of Southern styles -- Catalogue of North German operas, 1766-1799.;

520 a| This book is the first study of the development of German opera in northern Germany from the first comic operas of Johann Adam Hiller at Leipzig in 1766 to the end of the century. Intellectually and historically, the period witnessed the flowering of the German stage and German letters. German opera was an inseparable part of the new aspirations of the German stage during the Enlightenment. The author stresses the vital role of the mixed repertories of German companies in effecting changes in the genre. North German opera began as a basically literary genre. It then changed dramatically in response to two major trends: first, the contact with the serious elements and styles of tragedy and secondly, the triumph on German stages of Italian, French, and Viennese comic operas. The book is generously illustrated with music examples. There is also a complete catalogue of texts of North German opera: those composed for performance and unset published librettos both cross-indexed under the librettists' names.;

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North German opera in the age of Goethe / Thomas Bauman.

Author/creator	Bauman, Thomas, 1948-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Description	xii, 444 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm
Subjects	Opera--Germany, Northern. --18th century.

Contents	Introduction -- The birth of Saxon opera -- The diffusion of Saxon opera -- New directions: the Seyler company -- Prussian stirrings and Goethe's early librettos -- Prussian dominion and the end of Saxon opera -- Lean years: 1784-1791 -- The assimilation of Southern styles -- Catalogue of North German operas, 1766-1799.
Abstract	This book is the first study of the development of German opera in northern Germany from the first comic operas of Johann Adam Hiller at Leipzig in 1766 to the end of the century. Intellectually and historically, the period witnessed the flowering of the German stage and German letters. German opera was an inseparable part of the new aspirations of the German stage during the Enlightenment. The author stresses the vital role of the mixed repertories of German companies in effecting changes in the genre. North German opera began as a basically literary genre. It then changed dramatically in response to two major trends: first, the contact with the serious elements and styles of tragedy and secondly, the triumph on German stages of Italian, French, and Viennese comic operas. The book is generously illustrated with music examples. There is also a complete catalogue of texts of North German opera: those composed for performance and unset published librettos both cross-indexed under the librettists' names.
Bibliography note	"Catalogue of north German operas, 1766-99": pages 325-427.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliography (pages 428-435) and indexes.
LCCN	84029214
ISBN	0521260272
ISBN	9780521260275

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