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Amateur operatics : a social and cultural history / John Lowerson.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML1731 .L69 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lowerson, John.
- Series:
- Studies in popular culture (Manchester, England)
- Studies in popular culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Opera--Social aspects--Great Britain--History.
- Opera.
- Opera--Production and direction--Great Britain--History.
- Amateur theater--Great Britain--History.
- Amateur theater.
- History.
- Opera--Production and direction.
- Opera--Social aspects.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2005.
- Summary:
- Since the late nineteenth century, amateur operatics groups have played a major role in extending musical theater from the commercial stage into the lives of local communities. In a potent mixture of operettas, Grand Opera and Broadway musicals, amateur operatics provided an important avenue for public self-expression and gender definition. This major new study examines this fascinating outlet for the expression of popular taste.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0719051975
- OCLC:
- 59877962
- Publisher Number:
- 9780719051975
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