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Opera in history : from Monteverdi to Cage / Herbert Lindenberger.
| Author/creator | Lindenberger, Herbert |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 1998. |
| Description | x, 364 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prelude: opera books -- Monteverdi, Caravaggio, Donne: modernity and early Baroque -- Handel and the poetics of Opera Seria -- Rossini, Shelley, and Italy in 1819 -- Opera among the arts, opera among institutions -- Wagner's Ring as nineteenth-century artifact -- Opera/orientalism/otherness -- Moses und Aron, Mahagonny, and Germany in 1930: seventeen entries -- Regulated anarchy: John Cage's Europeras 1 & 2 and the aesthetics of opera -- Finale: opera audiences. |
| Abstract | Looking at operatic history from new and unexpected angles, this book examines the ways the operatic canon has been reshaped at key moments in the history of the form. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-348) and index. |
| LCCN | 97016405 |
| ISBN | 0804731047 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0804731055 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1700 .L54 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |