A Guide To Modern Opera: Description And Interpretation Of The Words And Music (1909) - Hardcover

Singleton, Esther

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1436986370 ISBN 13: 9781436986373

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

""A Guide to Modern Opera: Description and Interpretation of the Words and Music"" is a book written by Esther Singleton and published in 1909. This book is a comprehensive guide to understanding modern opera, including both the words and music. It covers a wide range of topics related to opera, such as the history of opera, the different types of operas, and the various elements that make up an opera.The book is divided into chapters, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of opera. Some of the topics covered in the book include the different types of operatic voices, the role of the orchestra in opera, and the use of musical motifs to convey meaning. The book also includes a glossary of musical terms and a list of recommended operas for further study.Overall, ""A Guide to Modern Opera"" is a useful resource for anyone interested in learning more about opera. It provides a detailed and accessible introduction to the art form, making it an ideal starting point for both beginners and seasoned opera enthusiasts.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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Jtrtfar; I YG uide to theO pera was devoted I to the works of Wagner and his !predecessors. The welcome it received from opera-lovers encourages the hope that a second series dealing with the works of i the new school of composers may I also find favour. I have selected the most popular of the newest operas that are performed on the contemporary stage, at the same time including some older works of the new school that are not in my former book, such as Mefistofele, Parsifal, The Queen of Sheba, etc. The only opera which is distinctly of the old-fashioned type is Smetana sB artered Bride, which, represented in this country for the first time in 1909, achieved immediate popularity. I have followed the same plan of treatment as that ofT kj Guide to theO pera, describing the plot and music as the drama unfolds before the spectator, and calling attention to the most striking musical numbers and the orchestral annotations. In the analysis of Parsifal, I have followed M. Lavignac snomenclature of the leading-motives. E.S. New York, September,
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1436986370
• ISBN 13: 9781436986373
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 376
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