Opéra-Comique : a Sourcebook.
Opera-comique, like grand opera, a specifically French genre of opera, emerged from the political changes and intellectual discussion that played a recurrent role in determining the nature of artistic expression and production in Paris from the late 17th until the mid-18th centuries. Opera-comique i...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Opera-comique, like grand opera, a specifically French genre of opera, emerged from the political changes and intellectual discussion that played a recurrent role in determining the nature of artistic expression and production in Paris from the late 17th until the mid-18th centuries. Opera-comique is distinguished by its use of spoken dialogue to link the arias and sung parts, and its more restrained use of recitatives. It emerged out of the popular entertainments, called operas-comiques en ... |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (780 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. xxii-xxiii) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 1282776401 9781282776401 9781443821681 1443821683 9786612776403 6612776404 |