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Opera and politics in Queen Anne's Britain, 1705-1714 /
"The reign of Queen Anne (1702-1714) was pivotal for both politics and opera in Britain. In this study, Thomas McGeary brings together a wide range of sources to show how the worlds of politics and opera were entwined. The associations that Italian singing and singers acquired by the 1690s were...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge :
Boydell Press,
2022.
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| Colección: | Music in Britain, 1600-2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Opera in the English manner
- The infiltration of Italian music and singing
- Italian and English singing and partisan politics
- The Haymarket Theatre : a Whig project
- Whigs and opera in the Italian manner
- 1710 : the year of great change in politics and opera
- Whigs confront opera : Britain at a Machiavellian moment
- Addison : opera and the politics of politeness
- The Whig campaign for English opera ; Handel celebrates the peace
- Appendices. Operatic works produced or known in London, ca. 1660-1704 ; Principal independent theatre masques produced in London, 1676-1705 ; Opera performances by season in London, 1705-14 ; Aria types in all-sung operas produced in London, 1705-14.