Cambridge Companion to Seventeenth-Century Opera

This Companion offers an in-depth introduction to the history of seventeenth-century opera, which has now gained recognition in the repertoire.

Info autore

Jacqueline Waeber is Associate Professor of Music at Duke University, North Carolina. As a musicologist, her research focuses on French musical culture, from the Baroque Era to early twentieth century. She is the editor of Musique et Geste en France de Lully à la Révolution (2009) and author of En musique dans le texte: Le mélodrame, de Rousseau à Schoenberg (2006).

Riassunto

This Companion offers an in-depth introduction to the early history of opera by focusing on its foundational century. From opera's Italian origins to its growth through Europe and the Americas, the volume charts the changing landscape – on stage and beyond – which shaped the way early opera was produced and received.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jacqueline (Duke University Waeber, Martin Adams
• Con la collaborazione di: Jacqueline (Duke University Waeber (Editore), Jacqueline Waeber (Editore), Martin Adams (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.10.2020
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780521530460
• ISBN: 978-0-521-53046-0
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Serie: Cambridge Companions to Music
• Categorie: MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera; Opera