Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests - The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater

Zusammenfassung Drawing on hundreds of operas, sing-spiels, ballets, and plays with supernatural themes, this book argues that the tension between fantasy and Enlightenment-era rationality shaped some of the most important works of eighteenth-century musical theater and profoundly influenced how audiences and critics responded to them.

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• Authors: David J. Buch, David Joseph Buch, BUCH DAVID J, Buch David J.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2008
• EAN: 9780226078090
• ISBN: 978-0-226-07809-0
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, Opera, Theatre Studies, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, C 1700 To C 1800, Music of film and stage