Operas in German (eBook)

A Dictionary

Margaret Ross Griffel (Autor)

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2018 | Revised Edition
1050 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-4797-0 (ISBN)

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With more than 2900 new entries, the revised edition of Operas in German: A Dictionary covers operas written specifically to a German text (both originals in German and German translations). As the most current encyclopedic collection of German opera, it is an invaluable resource for opera historians, musicologists, performers, and opera lovers.

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With nearly three thousand new entries, the revised edition of Operas in German: A Dictionary is the most current encyclopedic treatment of operas written specifically to a German text from the seventeenth century through 2016. Musicologist Margaret Ross Griffel details the operas' composers, scores, librettos, first performances, and bibliographic sources. Four appendixes then list composers, librettists, authors whose works inspired or were adapted for the opera librettos, and a chronological listing of the entries in the AZ section. The bibliography details other dictionaries and encyclopedias, performance studies, collections of plot summaries, general studies on operas, sources on locales where opera premieres took place, works on the history of operas in German, and selective volumes on individual opera composers, librettists, producers, directors, and designers. Finally, two indexes list the main characters in each opera and the names of singers, conductors, producers, composers, directors, choreographers, and arrangers. The revised edition of Operas in German provides opera historians, musicologists, performers, and opera lovers with an invaluable resource for continued study and enjoyment.As the most current encyclopedic collection of German opera from the seventeenth century through the twenty-first, Operas in German is an invaluable resource for opera historians, musicologists, performers, and opera lovers.

Autor

Margaret Ross Griffel earned a doctorate in historical musicology from Columbia University and is currently the senior editor at Columbia Creative. She is the author of the award-winning revised edition of Operas in English: A Dictionary (2012).

Inhalt

A Brief History of Operas in GermanOperas in German, A–ZAppendix A: ComposersAppendix B: LibrettistsAppendix C: Authors and SourcesAppendix D: ChronologySelective BibliographyIndex of CharactersIndex of Names

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.1.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 1 Illustrations including: - 1 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Schlagworte: austria • Bavaria • Carl Maria von Weber • German Language • German music • German operas • Germany • Hindemith • international music • Mendelssohn • Meyerbeer • Mozart • New Edition • Offenbach • Orff • Reference • Schumann • singing in German • singing opera • Stockhausen • Strauss • Switzerland • Wagner • Weill
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-4797-5 / 1442247975
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-4797-0 / 9781442247970