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Meyerbeer's Robert le Diable : the Premier Opéra Romantique.

Robert le Diable by Giacomo Meyerbeer is regarded as a musical milestone, a definitive statement in the 19th-century development of French grand opéra from the tragédie lyrique of Lully, Rameau, Gluck and Spontini. The libretto by Eugène Scribe and Germain Delavigne was derived from the medieval...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Letellier, Robert Ignatius
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • LIST OF FIGURES; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; THE ORIGINS; THE SOURCES; THE LIBRETTO; THE SYMBOLIC UNDERTOW; SCRIBE'S ACHIEVEMENT; THE MUSIC; THE BALLET SEQUENCES; CRITICAL REACTION; THE INFLUENCE OF THE OPERA; THE PERFORMANCE HISTORY; THE ICONOGRAPHY; CONTEMPORANEOUS ART AND ROBERT LE DIABLE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.