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The Experience of Opera

By Lang, Paul Henry

The Experience of Opera

By Lang, Paul Henry

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Description
Based on Dr. Lang's experience as music critic of the New York Herald Tribune, this book preserves the immediate reactions of a working reviewer, his on-the-spot responses to the actual experience of theatrical productions, spanning the active repertory from Gluck to the present day. It is at once an introduction to the art of opera and a rich repository of perceptions about the changing nature and esthetics of the musical theater. All of the major composers are discussed: Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, Strauss, Berg, and Stravinsky. There are also chapters on opera buffa, verismo, French opera, Russian opera, American opera, operetta, opera in English, and opera in concert form.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
1973-11-01
Publication Date:
1973-11-01
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0393007065
ISBN13:
9780393007060
Weight:
405 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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