History Of Opera Research Articles

A History of Opera in the American West

A History of Opera in the American West

A Short History of Opera

A Short History of Opera

A History of Opera in the American West

A History of Opera in the American West

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

Journal Article REVIEWS OF BOOKS Get access A Short History of Opera. By Donald J. Grout. Second edition. 2 vols. pp. xviii+852. ( Columbia University Press, London, 1966, £7 4s.) J. A. W. J. A. W. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume 47, Issue 4, October 1966, Pages 345–346, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/47.4.345 Published: 01 October 1966

Cavalli's Operas

The root cause of Francesco Cavalli's importance in the history of opera lies, I believe, in the fact that he was the first composer to write almost exclusively for the professional public theatre. That he did so with outstanding success for twenty-seven years, enhancing the reputation and consolidating the supremacy of Venetian opera throughout Europe, is a testimony to the sheer quality of his music and theatrical ability which, of course, must count for more than anything else in a final assessment.

Silver Theatre: Amusements of the Mining Frontier in Early Nevada, 1850 to 1864

Journal Article Silver Theatre: Amusements of the Mining Frontier in Early Nevada, 1850 to 1864. By Margaret G. Watson. Glendale: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1964. 387 pp and A History of Opera in the American West. By Ronald L. Davis. (Englewood CMs: Prentice-Hall, 1965. xii + 178 pp. Get access Moody Richard Moody Richard Indiana University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 52, Issue 3, December 1965, Pages 638–640, https://doi.org/10.2307/1890875 Published: 01 December 1965

Wagnerian Overtones In Der Tod In Venedig.

In the history of modern music the first performance of Der Ring des Nibelungen at Bayreuth in August 1876 was an event without precedent or parallel. Never had the premiere of a musical work taken place under such unique circumstances and before such an audience. Nor had any previous musical composition demanded so much of the listener, who was required to keep in mind not only the content of four complex and highly symbolic poems, but also the ninety Leitmotive which unify the work structurally into an architectonic whole. Because the new work was such a radical break with traditional operatic form, critical opinion was divided. Even those who disliked it, however, realized that it was an important milestone in the history of opera, and that the name of its composer was henceforth to be reckoned with. From that time on anyone interested in contemporary art simply had to come to terms with Wagner and his music, for, as Nietzsche points out in Der Fall Wagner, Wagner was modern art.' For several decades after his death he continued to be the most prominent figure in contemporary art in Germany, and Thomas Mann was only one of many there who succumbed to the appeal of his emotionally charged music dramas. Mann's enthusiasm dates back to the years when he heard Gerhiuser, the great Heldentenor, in

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

Journal Article REVIEWS OF BOOKS Get access A Picture History of Opera. By Philip Hope-Wallace, in collaboration with Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson. pp. 160. ( Hulton, London, 1959, 35s.) J. A. W. J. A. W. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Music and Letters, Volume 41, Issue 2, April 1960, Page 182, https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/41.2.182 Published: 01 April 1960

A Short History of Opera

A Short History of Opera

A Short History of Opera

A Short History of Opera

A Short History of Opera

A Short History of Opera

Stages in the History of Opera: VI. Weber and German Romantic Opera (Continued)

Stages in the History of Opera: VI. Weber and German Romantic Opera (Continued)

Stages in the History of Opera: V. Gluck's Theory and Practice

Stages in the History of Opera: V. Gluck's Theory and Practice

Stages in the History of Opera: IV. Mozart as a Writer of Opera

Stages in the History of Opera: IV. Mozart as a Writer of Opera

Stages in the History of Opera: II. Early English Opera

Stages in the History of Opera: II. Early English Opera