FRANCESCO ALGAROTTI
AN ESSAY ON THE OPERA (Saggio sopra l’opera in musica) The editions of 1755 and 1763
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2021
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New edition
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-80079-505-1 (ISBN)
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-80079-505-1 (ISBN)
This book is the first translation into the English language of a comprehensive study of opera and its constituent parts by an accomplished writer of the Eighteenth Century. Francesco Algarotti was concerned with developing opera as drama and a move away from the elaborate formality of the Baroque to a more naturalistic style.
This book is the first translation into the English language of a comprehensive study of opera and its constituent parts by an accomplished writer of the eighteenth century. Francesco Algarotti was concerned with developing opera as drama and a move away from the elaborate formality of the Baroque to a more naturalistic style. The Essay in its original Italian had considerable influence on the reform opera of Christoph Willibald Gluck.
This book is the first translation into the English language of a comprehensive study of opera and its constituent parts by an accomplished writer of the eighteenth century. Francesco Algarotti was concerned with developing opera as drama and a move away from the elaborate formality of the Baroque to a more naturalistic style. The Essay in its original Italian had considerable influence on the reform opera of Christoph Willibald Gluck.
Robin Burgess is by profession a Catholic priest with degrees in Classics and Theology, who has had training in singing and taken part in recitals and concerts. He has a special devotion to opera in the Eighteenth Century, and in particular the works of Gluck.
Contents: An Essay on the Opera: Edition of 1755 – An Essay on the Opera: Edition of 1763 – Of the form, argument or business of an opera – On the musical composition for operas – On the recitative and singing in operas – On the dances – On scenery, dress, etc. – On the structure of theatres – Aeneas in Troy – Iphigenia in Aulis.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.09.2022 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 1 Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 341 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80079-505-X / 180079505X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80079-505-1 / 9781800795051 |
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