A History of the Oratorio (eBook)

Vol. 3: the Oratorio in the Classical Era

Howard E. Smither (Autor)

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2012
736 Seiten
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-3661-3 (ISBN)

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The Oratorio in the classical Era is the third volume of Howard Smither's monumental History of the Oratorio, continuing his synthesis and critical appraisal of the oratorio. His comprehensive study surpasses in scope and treatment all previous works on the subject. A fourth and final volume, on the oratorio in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, is forthcoming.In this volume Smither discusses the Italian oratorio from the 1720s to the early nineteenth century and oratorios from other parts of Europe from the 1750s to the nineteenth century. Drawing on works that represent various types, languages, and geographical areas, Smither treats the general characteristics of oratorio libretto and music and analyzes twenty-two oratorios from Italy, England, Germany, France, and Russia. He synthesizes the results of specialized studies and contributes new material based on firsthand study of eighteenth-century music manuscripts and printed librettos. Emphasizing the large number of social contexts within which oratorios were heard, Smither discussed examples in Italy such as the Congregation of the Oratory, lay contrafraternities, and educational institutions. He examines oratorio performances in German courts, London theaters and English provincial festivals, and the Parisian Concert spirituel. Though the volume concentrates primarily on eighteenth-century oratorio from the early to the late Classical styles, Smither includes such transitional works as the oratorios of Jean-Francios le Seur in Paris and Stepan Anikievich Degtiarev in Moscow.A History of the Oratorio is the first full-length history of the genre since Arnold Schering's 1911 study. In addition to synthesizing current thought about the oratorio, this volume contributes new information on relationships between oratorio librettos and contemporary literary and religious thought, and on the musical differences among oratorios from different geographical-cultural regions.Originally published in 1987.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2012
• Zusatzinfo: 37 illus., 30 tables, 110 music examples
• Verlagsort: Chapel Hill
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Neuzeit bis 1918
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Schlagworte: aesthetic theory • amateur choral societies • Arnold Schoenberg • Arthur Honegger • Camille Saint-Saens • Cesar Franck • Charles Gounod • C. Hubert H. Parry • Criticism • Edward Elgar • Felix Mendelssohn • Frank Martin • Franz Liszt • Friedrich Schneider • George Frederick Bristow • George MacFarren • Hans Werner Henze • Hector Berlioz • Historicism • Horatio William Parker • Igor Stravinsky • John Knowles Paine • John Sullivan Dwight • Jules Massenet • Libretto • Lorenzo Perosi • Louis Spohr • Michael Tippett • music festivals • Nationalism • Olivier Messiaen • Pater Hartmann Paul Eugen Josef von An der Lan-Hochbrunn • Paul Hindemith • Ralph Vaughan Williams • Robert Schumann • Romanticism • William Crotch • William Henry Fry • William Walton
• ISBN-10: 0-8078-3661-3 / 0807836613
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8078-3661-3 / 9780807836613