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The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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Opera has always been a vital and complex mixture of commercial and
aesthetic concerns, of bourgeois politics and elite privilege. In
its long heyday in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it came
to occupy a special place not only among the arts but in urban
planning, too - this is, perhaps surprisingly, often still the
case. The Oxford Handbook of the Operatic Canon examines how opera
has become the concrete edifice it was never meant to be, by
tracing its evolution from a market entirely driven by novelty to
one of the most canonic art forms still in existence. Throughout
the book, a lively assembly of musicologists, historians, and
industry professionals tackle key questions of opera's past,
present, and future. Why did its canon evolve so differently from
that of concert music? Why do its top ten titles, all more than a
century old, now account for nearly a quarter of all performances
worldwide? Why is this system of production becoming still more
top-heavy, even while the repertory seemingly expands, notably to
include early music? Topics range from the seventeenth century to
the present day, from Russia to England and continental Europe to
the Americas. To reflect the contested nature of many of them, each
is addressed in paired chapters. These complement each other in
different ways: by treating the same geographical location in
different periods, by providing different national or regional
perspectives on the same period, or by thinking through similar
conceptual issues in contrasting or changing contexts. Posing its
questions in fresh, provocative terms, The Oxford Handbook of the
Operatic Canon challenges scholarly assumptions in music and
cultural history, and reinvigorates the dialogue with an industry
that is, despite everything, still growing.
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