Laughter between two revolutions : opera buffa in Italy, 1831-1848 /

This study represents the first substantial assessment of Italian comic operas composed during the central years of the Risorgimento -- the period during which upheavals, revolutions, and wars ultimately led to the liberation andunification of Italy. Music historians often view the period as one dur...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Izzo, Francesco (Musicologist) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : Woodbridge, Suffolk : University of Rochester Press ; Boydell & Brewer Limited, 2013.
Series:Eastman studies in music ; v. 106.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Opera > Italy > 19th century.
Opéra > Italie > 19e siècle.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
HISTORY > Europe > Italy.
Opera
Italy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Opera buffa in 1832 : Luigi Ricci's Il nuovo Figaro and Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore
  • The Ricci supremacy : Un'avventura di Scaramuccia (1834)
  • Old librettos revisited : Gaetano Rossi and Luigi Ricci's Le nozze di Figaro (1838) and other remakes
  • Genre in Donizetti's Don Pasquale (1843)
  • Criticism and genre : Lauro Rossi"s Il borgomastro di Schiedam (1844)
  • The daughter of the Risorgimento : Donizetti's La figlia del reggimento (1840), nationality, and censorship.

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