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The Book of European Light Opera (Hardcover)
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The Book of European Light Opera (Hardcover)
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Musicologist Ewen has made an attempt to define the boundary
between "light opera" and musical comedies, musical plays, and
grand opera. He has focussed on the standards of Viennese operates,
French opera-comique and opera-bouffe, English comic and romantic
opera, and italian opera-buffa, including a limited number of other
works (such as Martha) in his opinion "so ingratiating in manner
and so readily assimilable by audiences at first hearing" that they
belong in a full treatment of the field. Using an average of five
paragraphs each, he covers 167 European works by 81 composers,
written between 1728 and 1949. Production history, plot, points of
significant musical interest, are given, set off by fragments of
critical evaluation. the plan of the book is alphabetical by little
of work, with appropriate cross-titling for transitions. Ewen's
customary reckless use of the words "masterwork"and"masterpiece" is
the only serious shortcoming of an otherwise straightforward
reference book. americans, semi professional producers will find
this a useful work of comprehensive, but manageable, proportions.
(Kirkus Reviews)
General
Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 1977 |
First published: |
June 1977 |
Authors: |
David Ewen
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
297 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8371-9520-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Theatre, drama >
Opera
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LSN: |
0-8371-9520-9 |
Barcode: |
9780837195209 |
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