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Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots : an Evangel of Religion and Love.

On 29 February 1836, Les Huguenots, a grand opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), with words by Eugène Scribe (1791-1861) and Émile Deschamps (1791-1871), was performed for the first time, at the Paris Opéra. It was to be one of the most successful productions ever staged at the Opéra, with 1,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Letellier, Robert Ignatius
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE ORIGINS; 2. THE PLOT; 3. THE SOURCES; 4. THE RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM; 5. THE DRAMATURGY; 6. THE LEADING THEMES; 7. INSTRUMENTAL WRITING; 8. FORMAL INNOVATION; 9. THE TREATMENT OF THE CHORUS; 10. THE BLESSING OF THE DAGGERS; 11. THE LOVE DUET; 12. THE DRAMATIC FORM OF ACT 5; 13. THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC; 14. RECEPTION HISTORY; 15. PERFORMING TRADITIONS; 16. PERFORMANCE IN THE TWENTIETHCENTURY; 17. THE ICONOGRAPHY; 18. HISTORICAL APPENDICES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; GENERAL INDEX.