Four Strauss Opera Libretti
Author : Richard Strauss
Publisher : Leyerle Publications
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 37,58 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Richard Strauss
Publisher : Leyerle Publications
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 37,58 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Arthur Groos
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 140085959X
"Libretto-bashing has a distinguished tradition in the blood sport of opera," writes Arthur Groos in the introduction to this broad survey of critical approaches to that much-maligned genre. To examine, and to challenge, the long-standing prejudice against libretti and the scholarly tradition that has, until recently, reiterated it, Groos and Roger Parker have commissioned thirteen stimulating essays by musicologists, literary critics, and historians. Taken as a whole, the volume demonstrates that libretti are now very much within the purview of contemporary humanistic scholarship. Libretti pose questions of intertextuality, transposition of genre, and reception history. They invite a broad spectrum of contemporary reading strategies ranging from the formalistic to the feminist. And as texts for music they raise issues in the relation between the two mediums and their respective traditions. Reading Opera will be of value to anyone with a serious interest in opera and contemporary opera criticism. The essays cover the period from the early nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, with a particular focus on works of the later nineteenth century. The contributors are Carolyn Abbate, William Ashbrook, Katherine Bergeron, Caryl Emerson, Nelly Furman, Sander L. Gilman, Arthur Groos, James A. Hepokoski, Jurgen Maehder, Roger Parker, Paul Robinson, Christopher Wintle, and Susan Youens. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Nico Castel
Publisher : Leyerle Publications
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Carolyn Abbate
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 47,33 MB
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 0393089533
“The best single volume ever written on the subject, such is its range, authority, and readability.”—Times Literary Supplement Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their “effervescent, witty” (Die Welt, Germany) retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the musical and dramatic means by which it communicates, and its role in society. Now with an expanded examination of opera as an institution in the twenty-first century, this “lucid and sweeping” (Boston Globe) narrative explores the tensions that have sustained opera over four hundred years: between words and music, character and singer, inattention and absorption. Abbate and Parker argue that, though the genre’s most popular and enduring works were almost all written in a distant European past, opera continues to change the viewer— physically, emotionally, intellectually—with its enduring power.
Author : Pauline Shaw Bayne
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 35,36 MB
Release : 2008-09-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1461655811
A Guide to Library Research in Music introduces the process and techniques for researching and writing about music. This informative textbook provides concrete examples of different types of writing, offering a thorough introduction to music literature. It clearly describes various information-searching techniques and library-based organizational systems and introduces the array of music resources available. Each chapter concludes with learning exercises to aid the students' concept application and skill development. Appendixes provide short cuts to specific topics in library organizational systems, including Library of Congress Subject Headings and Classification. The concluding bibliography provides a quick overview of music literature and resources, emphasizing electronic and print publications since 2000, but including standard references that all music researchers should know.
Author : George Frideric Handel
Publisher : Leyerle Publications
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 34,96 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Matthew Hoch
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 17,48 MB
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 0810886561
Titles in the Dictionaries for the Modern Musician series offer both the novice and the advanced artist key information designed to convey the field of study and performance for a major instrument or instrument class, as well as the workings of musicians in areas from conducting to composing. Each dictionary covers topics from instrument parts to technique, major works to key figures—a must-have for any musician’s personal library! A Dictionary for the Modern Singer is an indispensable guide for students of singing, voice pedagogues, and lovers of the art of singing. In addition to classical singing, genres, and styles, musical theatre and popular and global styles are addressed. With an emphasis on contemporary practice, this work includes terms and figures that influenced modern singing styles. Topics include voice pedagogy, voice science, vocal health, styles, genres, performers, diction, and other relevant topics. The dictionary will help students to more fully understand the concepts articulated by their teachers. Matthew Hoch’s book fills a gap in the singer’s library as the only one-volume general reference geared toward today’s student of singing. An extensive bibliography is invaluable for students seeking to explore a particular subject in greater depth. Illustrations and charts further illuminate particular concepts, while appendixes address stage fright, tips on practicing, repertoire selection, audio technology, and contemporary commercial music styles. A Dictionary for the Modern Singer will appeal to students of singing at all levels. For professionals, it will serve as a quick and handy reference guide, useful in the high school or college library and the home teaching studio alike; students and amateurs will find it accessible and full of fascinating information about the world of the singing.
Author : Richard Strauss
Publisher : Leyerle Publications
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,86 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Marcie Stapp
Publisher : Leyerle Publications
Page : 1914 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Giacomo Puccini
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,5 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Italian language
ISBN :