History of the Opera
by H. Sutherland Edwards
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- Author
- Edwards, H. Sutherland (Henry Sutherland), 1828-1906
- Title
- History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time With Anecdotes of the Most Celebrated Composers and Vocalists of Europe
- Credits
- Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- ML: Music: Literature of music
- Subject
- Opera
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 40164
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40164
- Release Date
- July 8, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.HISTORY OF T H E O P E R A,
- 2.CONTENTS. — HISTORY OF THE OPERA.
- 3.CHAPTER I. PREFACE, PRELUDE, PROLOGUE, INTRODUCTION, OVERTURE, ETC.—THE ORIGIN OF THE OPERA IN ITALY, AND ITS INTRODUCTION INTO GERMANY.—ITS HISTORY IN EUROPE; DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT.
- 4.CHAPTER II. INTRODUCTION OF THE OPERA INTO FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
- 5.CHAPTER III. ON THE NATURE OF THE OPERA, AND ITS MERITS AS COMPARED WITH OTHER FORMS OF THE DRAMA.
- 6.CHAPTER IV. INTRODUCTION AND PROGRESS OF THE BALLET.
- 7.CHAPTER V. INTRODUCTION OF ITALIAN OPERA INTO ENGLAND.
- 8.CHAPTER VI. THE ITALIAN OPERA UNDER HANDEL.
- 9.CHAPTER VII. GENERAL VIEW OF THE OPERA IN EUROPE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL THE APPEARANCE OF GLUCK.
- 10.CHAPTER VIII. FRENCH OPERA FROM LULLI TO THE DEATH OF RAMEAU.
- 11.CHAPTER IX. ROUSSEAU AS A CRITIC AND AS A COMPOSER OF MUSIC.
- 12.CHAPTER X. GLUCK AND PICCINNI IN PARIS. — HISTORY OF T H E O P E R A,
- 13.CONTENTS. — HISTORY OF THE OPERA.
- 14.CHAPTER XI.
- 15.CHAPTER XII. OPERA IN FRANCE, AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF GLUCK.
- 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE FRENCH OPERA BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION.
- 17.CHAPTER XIV.
- 18.CHAPTER XV. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS AT THE LONDON OPERA, HALF A CENTURY SINCE.
- 19.CHAPTER XVI ROSSINI AND HIS PERIOD.
- 20.CHAPTER XVII. OPERA IN FRANCE UNDER THE CONSULATE, EMPIRE, AND RESTORATION.
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII. DONIZETTI AND BELLINI.
- 22.CHAPTER XIX. ROSSINI—SPOHR—BEETHOVEN—WEBER AND HOFFMANN.
- 23.INDEX, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
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