Magic flutes & enchanted forests : the supernatural in eighteenth-century musical theater / David J. Buch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buch, David J., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Zauberflöte.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus.

Musical theater--Europe--History--18th century.

Musical theater.

Supernatural in musical theater.

Music and magic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (483 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Magic flutes and enchanted forests

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on hundreds of operas, singspiels, ballets, and plays with supernatural themes, Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests argues that the tension between fantasy and Enlightenment-era rationality shaped some of the most important works of eighteenth-century musical theatre and profoundly influenced how audiences and critics responded to them. David J. Buch reveals that despite-and even because of-their fundamental irrationality, fantastic and exotic themes acquired extraordinary force and popularity during the period, pervading theatrical works with music in the French, German, and Italian.

Contents:

L'Academie royale de musique

Opera-comique

Italian serious genres

Italian comic genres

German musical theater

The supernatural in the operas of Mozart.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-419) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612239434

9781282239432

1282239430

9780226078113

0226078116

OCLC:

434608400