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Remaking the Song : Operatic Visions and Revisions from Handel to Berio /

Spanning almost the entire history of opera, this book re-examines attitudes toward some of our best-loved musical works, and asks a question: what exactly is opera? It considers the works by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and Berio, aiming to challenge what many regard as sacros...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Parker, Roger, 1951-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2006.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:Spanning almost the entire history of opera, this book re-examines attitudes toward some of our best-loved musical works, and asks a question: what exactly is opera? It considers the works by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and Berio, aiming to challenge what many regard as sacroscant: the opera's musical text.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (179 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520931787