Opera and Ideas - Stereotypes of Sexuality, Race, and Madness

Opera And Ideas is a study of the connections between music and intellectual history. Through lucid analysis of six operas and two song cycles, Paul Robinson shows how operas give musical and dramatic expression to ideas about the self, society, and history.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

FR PAUL ROBINSON, a native of Kentucky, USA, received a Masters degree in Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Louisville. After two years in the field, he entered a Catholic seminary to discern his vocation. Since his ordination in 2006, he has been teaching Thomistic philosophy and theology.

Zusammenfassung

Opera and Ideas is a study of the connections between music and intellectual history. Through lucid analysis of six operas and two song cycles, Paul Robinson shows how operas give musical and dramatic expression to ideas about the self, society, and...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robinson Paul, Paul Robinson, Paul A Robinson, Paul A. Robinson
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.10.1986
• EAN: 9780801494284
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-9428-4
• Seiten: 288
• Abmessung: 157 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Gewicht: 413 g
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Allgemeines, Lexika