A short history of opera
4th ed
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Author
Contributions
- Williams, Hermine Weigel - Contributor
Publication
2003 - Columbia University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
257,500 words, Guess
Page Count
1,030 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17086386M
- ISBN-100231119585
- OCLC Control Number51177429
- OCLC Control Numbershorthistoryofop0004grou
- Library of Congress Control Number2002041470
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- Goodreads194530
- LibraryThing230544
Classifications
- LCCML1700 .G83 2003
Description
"When first published in 1947, A Short History of Opera immediately achieved international status as a classic in the field. Now, more than five decades later, this thoroughly revised and expanded fourth edition informs and entertains opera lovers just as its predecessors have." "The fourth edition incorporates new scholarship that traces the most important developments in the evolution of musical drama. After surveying anticipations of the operatic form in the lyric theater of the Greeks, medieval dramatic music, and other forerunners, the book reveals the genre's beginnings in the seventeenth century and follows its progress to the present day."--Jacket.
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