"In this elegantly constructed study of the early decades of public opera, the conflicts and cooperation of poets, composers, managers, designers, and singers--producing the art form that was soon to sweep the world and that has been dominant ever since--are revealed in their first freshness."--Andrew Porter "This will be a standard work on the subject of the rise of Venetian opera for decades. Rosand has provided a decisive contribution to the reshaping of the entire subject. . . . She offers a profoundly new view of ...
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"In this elegantly constructed study of the early decades of public opera, the conflicts and cooperation of poets, composers, managers, designers, and singers--producing the art form that was soon to sweep the world and that has been dominant ever since--are revealed in their first freshness."--Andrew Porter "This will be a standard work on the subject of the rise of Venetian opera for decades. Rosand has provided a decisive contribution to the reshaping of the entire subject. . . . She offers a profoundly new view of baroque opera based on a solid documentary and historical-critical foundation. The treatment of the artistic self-consciousness and professional activities of the librettists, impresarios, singers, and composers is exemplary, as is the examination of their reciprocal relations. This work will have a positive effect not only on studies of 17th-century, but on the history of opera in general."--Lorenzo Bianconi
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Book. Octavo; G-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, gold with black print; DJ has mild edgewear, else clean and bright; Boards in black cloth, light wear to spine caps and corners, slight bump to bottom edge, slight puckering to cloth on rear, else clean and strong; Text block has underlining and marginal notation in pencil throughout; xxii, 684 pages, illustrated (b&w), printed music. 1363183. FP New Rockville Stock.
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New. Shows how opera took root in the social and economic environment of seventeenth-century Venice and there developed the stylistic and aesthetic characteristics we recognize as opera. This book examines critically the literary and musical documentation left by the Venetian makers of opera. It explains the mechanics of the proliferation of opera. Num Pages: 710 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGC9; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 253 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1220. 2007. 1st Edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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