Oxford Illustrated History of Opera

Name: Oxford Illustrated History of Opera
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ISBN: 9780192854452

ISBN-10: 0192854453

ISBN-13: 9780192854452

Edition: 2001

Authors: Roger Parker

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In this lavishly illustrated volume the history and social context of opera is explored by a group of leading British and American scholars, under the editorship of Roger Parker. The core of the book is a historical survey of opera, from its beginnings in Florence four hundred years ago, up to opera in the 1990s. The greatest coverage is given to the nineteenth century, the time during which most of the operas performed today were composed. There are also chapters on the history of staging, on opera singers, on opera as a social occasion through the ages, and a chronology. Although all major composers of opera are mentioned, and their works discussed, the various chapters concentrate less…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/28/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 572
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 2.794
Language: English



List of Colour Plates


Notes on the Contributors


Foreword, Roger Parker



The Seventeenth Century, Tim Carter



The Eighteenth Century: Serious Opera, Thomas Bauman



The Nineteenth Century: Comic Opera, Thomas Bauman



The Nineteenth Century: France, David Charlton



The Nineteenth Century: Italy, William Ashbrook



The Nineteenth Century: Germany, Barry Millington



Russian, Czech, Polish, and Hungarian Opera to 1900, John Tyrrell



The Twentieth Century: to 1945, Paul Griffiths



The Twentieth Century: 1945 to the Present Day, Paul Griffiths



The Staging of Opera, Roger Savage



Opera Singers, William Ashbrook



Opera as a Social Occasion, John Rosselli


Further Reading


Chronology, Mary Ann Smart


Acknowledgements


Index