0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music

Buy Now

Saint-Saens and the Stage - Operas, Plays, Pageants, a Ballet and a Film (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,128
Discovery Miles 31 280
Saint-Saens and the Stage - Operas, Plays, Pageants, a Ballet and a Film (Hardcover): Hugh MacDonald

Saint-Saens and the Stage - Operas, Plays, Pageants, a Ballet and a Film (Hardcover)

Hugh MacDonald

Series: Cambridge Studies in Opera

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R3,128 Discovery Miles 31 280 | Repayment Terms: R293 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

The stage works of Saint-Saens range from grand open-air pageants to one-act comic operas, and include the first composed film score. Yet, with the exception of Samson et Dalila, his twelve operas have lain in the shadows since the composer's death in 1921. Widely performed in his lifetime, they vanished from the repertory - never played, never recorded - until now. With four twenty-first-century revivals as a backdrop, this timely book is the first study of Saint-Saens's operas, demonstrating the presence of the same breadth and versatility as in his better known works. Hugh Macdonald's wide knowledge of French music in the nineteenth century gives a powerful understanding of the different conventions and expectations that governed French opera at the time. The interaction of Saint-Saens with his contemporaries is a colourful and important part of the story.

General

Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Studies in Opera
Release date: March 2019
Authors: Hugh MacDonald
Dimensions: 253 x 182 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-42638-1
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Opera
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > 20th century music
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)
Promotions
LSN: 1-108-42638-7
Barcode: 9781108426381

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Occasional Pieces - Writings and…
Christian Wolff Hardcover R3,576 Discovery Miles 35 760
Resonances of the Raj - India in the…
Nalini Ghuman Hardcover R1,812 Discovery Miles 18 120
Schoenberg's Early Correspondence
Ethan Haimo, Sabine Feisst Hardcover R3,765 Discovery Miles 37 650
Pat Metheny - The ECM Years, 1975-1984
Mervyn Cooke Hardcover R2,479 Discovery Miles 24 790
Rethinking Britten
Philip Rupprecht Hardcover R3,844 Discovery Miles 38 440
The Russian Violin School - The Legacy…
Masha Lankovsky Hardcover R3,749 Discovery Miles 37 490
Redefining Hungarian Music from Liszt to…
Lynn M. Hooker Hardcover R2,228 Discovery Miles 22 280
Composing for the Red Screen - Prokofiev…
Kevin Bartig Hardcover R1,967 Discovery Miles 19 670
Rethinking Debussy
Elliott Antokoletz, Marianne Wheeldon Hardcover R1,916 Discovery Miles 19 160
Performing Pain - Music and Trauma in…
Maria Cizmic Hardcover R2,728 Discovery Miles 27 280
Berg's Wozzeck
Patricia Hall Hardcover R3,269 Discovery Miles 32 690
Off Key - When Film and Music Won't Work…
Kay Dickinson Hardcover R1,208 Discovery Miles 12 080

See more

Partners