Author : Giacomo Meyerbeer
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,36 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Composers
ISBN :
A collection of letters by Meyerbeer, the operatic composer who died in 1864. Critics have recently re-evaluated his work, recognizing his musical craftmanship, his dramatic sense and his influence on later operatic composers. The editors also edited Letters and Diaries of Meyerbeer.
Author : Giacomo Meyerbeer
Publisher :
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 11,83 MB
Release : 188?
Category : Operas
ISBN :
Author : Robert Ignatius Letellier
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 33,69 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780838640937
But these operas are far more than imitations: they show an apprehension of convention and genre that is nothing less than a dismantling of accepted formulas, and a highly original reconstruction of them."--Jacket.
Author : Jane Fulcher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 19,21 MB
Release : 2002-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521529433
Professor Fulcher argues that French grand opera was a subtly used tool of the state.
Author : Anselm Gerhard
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 48,19 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226288581
Why do so many operas end in suicide, murder, and death? Why do many characters in large-scale operas exhibit neurotic behaviors worthy of psychoanalysis? Why are the legendary grands operas - much celebrated in their time - so seldom performed today?
Author : Eugen Weber
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 19,40 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674595767
My France focuses on some of the most intriguing aspects of French life: politics, myths, personalities, public problems, actions, and conflicts. The topics Weber treats range from sports to religion, and include comments on folklore, national socialism, antisemitism, and famous Frenchmen.
Author : Ralph P. Locke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780521349550
A Japanese geisha, a Middle Eastern caravan, a Hungarian-'Gypsy' fiddler, Carmen flinging a rose at Don José - portrayals of people and places that are considered somehow 'exotic' have been ubiquitous from 1700 to today, whether in opera, Broadway musicals, instrumental music, film scores, or in jazz and popular song. Often these portrayals are highly stereotypical but also powerful, indelible and touching - or troubling. Musical Exoticism surveys the vast and varied repertoire of Western musical works that evoke exotic locales. It relates trends in musical exoticism to other trends in music, such as programme music and avant-garde experimentation, as well as to broader historical developments such as nationalism and empire. Ralph P. Locke outlines major trends in exotic depiction from the Baroque era onward, and illustrates these trends through close study of numerous exotic works, including operas by Handel and Rameau, Mozart's 'Rondo alla turca', 'Madame Butterfly' and 'West Side Story'.
Author : Cynthia H. Enloe
Publisher : Upa
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,52 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Cultural pluralism
ISBN : 9780819153593
Provides a fresh look at the handling of tensions between people with different ethnic identities from many countries, and seeks out those methods which genuinely reduce conflict. Originally published in 1973 by Little, Brown and Company.
Author : George Herbert
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 15,4 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780809122981
George Herbert (1593-1633) was an Anglican priest, poet and essayist--truly one of the most profound spiritual masters in the English tradition. His spirituality was a synthesis of Evangelical and Catholic piety.
