The opera : a history of its creation and performance: 1600-1941 / by Wallace Brockway & Herbert Weinstock.

Author/creator Brockway, Wallace
Other author Weinstock, Herbert, 1905-1971.
Other author Leslie, George Clark, 1905-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Simon and Schuster, ©1941.
Descriptionviii pages, 1 leaf, 603 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits, facsimiles (music) ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The birth of opera -- Classical austerity and laughter -- Handel -- The French way: part one -- The age of Gluck -- Mozart -- The Beethoven heresy -- The German way -- The divine organ-grinder -- Mad scenes -- The French comic spirit -- Damaged demigods -- Berlioz -- Grand-opera fanfare -- Valhalla -- A perfect opera -- The French way: part two -- The Russians -- Verdi -- The Italians slice up life -- Strauss and latter-day Wagnerism -- Massenet and Wagner in France -- Folk notes from many lands -- A modern galaxy -- Opera in the United States.
General note"List of recommended recordings [compiled by George Clark Leslie]": pages 485-562.
LCCN 41024281

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