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The opera; a sketch of the development of opera. With full descriptions of every work in the modern repertory / by R.A. Streatfeild, with an introd. by J.A. Fuller-Maitland.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander), 1866-1919.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Opera.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 336 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : J.C. Nimmo; Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1897.
- Contents:
- 1. The beginnings of opera. Peri
- Monteverde
- Cavelli
- Cesti
- Cambert
- Lulli
- Purcell
- Keiser
- Scarlatti
- Handel
- 2. The reforms of Gluck
- 3. Opera buffa, opera comique, and singspiel. Pergolesi
- Rousseau
- Monsigny
- Grétry
- Cimarosa
- Hiller
- 4. Mozart
- 5. The close of the classical period. Méhul
- Cherubini
- Spontini
- Beethoven
- Boieldieu
- 6. Weber and the romantic school. Weber
- Spohr
- Marschner
- Kreutzer
- Lortzing
- Nicolai
- Flotow
- Mendelssohn
- Schubert
- Schumann
- 7. Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini
- 8. Meyerbeer and French opera. Hérold
- Meyerbeer
- Berlioz
- Halévy
- Auber
- 9. Wagner's early works
- 10. Wagner's later works
- 11. Modern France. Gounod
- Thomas
- Bizet
- Saint Saëns
- Reyer
- Massenet
- Bruneau
- 12. Modern Italy. Verdi
- Boito
- Ponchielli
- Puccini
- Mascagni
- Leoncavallo
- 13. Modern German and Slavonian opera. Cornelius
- Goetz
- Goldmark
- Humperdinck
- Smetana
- Glinka
- 14. Opera in England. Balfe
- Wallace
- Benedict
- Goring Thomas
- Mackenzie
- Stanford
- Sullivan
- Cowen.
- OCLC:
- 1194506
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