National Traditions in Nineteenth-Century Opera, Volume II Central and Eastern Europe |
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Editor:
| Tusa, Michael C. |
Series title: | The Ashgate Library of Essays in Opera Studies |
ISBN: | 978-1-351-91583-0 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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Imprint: | Routledge |
Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
List Price: | USD $240.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume offers a cross-section of English-language scholarship on German and Slavonic operatic repertories of the 'long nineteenth century', giving particular emphasis to four areas: German opera in the first half of the nineteenth century; the works of Richard Wagner after 1848; Russian opera between Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov; and the operas of Richard Strauss and Janácek. The essays reflect diverse methods, ranging from stylistic, philological and historical...
More DescriptionThis volume offers a cross-section of English-language scholarship on German and Slavonic operatic repertories of the 'long nineteenth century', giving particular emphasis to four areas: German opera in the first half of the nineteenth century; the works of Richard Wagner after 1848; Russian opera between Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov; and the operas of Richard Strauss and Janácek. The essays reflect diverse methods, ranging from stylistic, philological and historical approaches to those rooted in hermeneutics, critical theory and post-modernist inquiry.