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Valuing nineteenth-century Italian opera fantasias for woodwind instruments : trash music / Rachel N. Becker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Becker, Rachel N., author.
- Series:
- Routledge research in music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Instrumental music--Italy--19th century--History and criticism.
- Instrumental music.
- Fantasia--Italy--19th century--History and criticism.
- Fantasia.
- Instrumental music--Social aspects--Italy--History--19th century.
- Instrumental music--Italy--19th century--Philosophy and aesthetics.
- Virtuosity in musical performance--Italy--History--19th century.
- Virtuosity in musical performance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 236 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Rachel N. Becker is Assistant Professor of Musicology and Oboe at Boise State University, USA. She previously taught at the University of Cambridge, UK. Rachel's research focuses on issues of genre, virtuosity, and gender. She has published on musical ecphrasis and on gendering of woodwind instruments, and she remains active internationally as an oboist.
- Contents:
- The opera fantasia in musicological context
- The Italian context
- Genre theory and the opera fantasia
- Gender implications of the opera fantasia
- A return to musical narrative through the opera fantasia
- Opera fantasias on Verdi's Rigoletto, Il trovatore, and Un ballo in maschera.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 15, 2024).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Becker, Rachel N. Valuing nineteenth-century Italian opera fantasias for woodwind instruments
- ISBN:
- 9781003392507
- 1003392504
- 9781003854517
- 1003854516
- 9781003854562
- 1003854567
- Publisher Number:
- 40032292849
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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