The opera theater of Count Franz Anton von Sporck in Prague / by Daniel E. Freeman.
| Author/creator | Freeman, Daniel E. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Stuyvesant, NY : Pendragon Press, ©1992. |
| Description | viii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in Czech music ; no. 2 Studies in Czech music ; no. 2. ^A306633 |
| Contents | I. The foundation and heyday of the Sporck Theater (1724-29) -- II. The decline of the Sporck Theater (1729-35) -- III. The singers of the Sporck Theater -- IV. The repertory of the Sporck Theater -- V. Antonio Vivaldi and the Sporck Theater -- Appendix I: Librettos associated with performances of Italian opera in Kuks, the Sporck Theater, and the Mala Strana Ball House (1724-38) -- Appendix II: Transcriptions of some Sporck Theater documents preserved in the State Central Archive in Prague -- Appendix III: The careers of the Sporck Theater singers. |
| Abstract | This book explores significant connections between the Czech lands and European operatic traditions. It provides great detail not only in the musical life of the time, but also in the area of political, social, and economic life. It augments and clarifies earlier scholarship through a reexamination of all source materials both previously known and newly discovered, and pays specific attention to the relationship that the theater maintained with Antonio Vivaldi and the effects of that relationship. |
| General note | Based on the author's doctoral dissertation--University of Illinois. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-367) and index. |
| LCCN | 91017971 |
| ISBN | 0945193173 : |
| ISBN | 9780945193173 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML1724.8.P72 S7 1992 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |