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The politics of opera in Handel's Britain / Thomas McGeary.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3918.O64 M35 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGeary, Thomas, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Opera--Political aspects--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Opera.
- Opera--Political aspects.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 407 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Opera and political allegory : When is it an allegory? When is it political?
- Politics in the Royal Academy of Music
- The opera house, allegory, and the political opposition
- Handel's second academy
- Rival opera companies and Farinelli at the court of Madrid
- Politics, theatre, and opera in the 1730s
- The opera stage as political history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 110700988X
- 9781107009882
- OCLC:
- 802183212
- Publisher Number:
- 99954631871
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