The Opera
by R. A. Streatfeild
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About this eBook
- Author
- Streatfeild, R. A. (Richard Alexander), 1866-1919
- Title
- The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory.
- Original Publication
- Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1907
- Credits
- Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- ML: Music: Literature of music
- Subject
- Opera
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 16248
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16248
- Release Date
- July 9, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE OPERA — A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory.
- 2.BY R.A. STREATFEILD — WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.A. FULLER-MAITLAND — THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED — LONDON — GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LIMITED — PHILADELPHIA: J.B. LIPPINCOTT CO.
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.INTRODUCTION
- 5.CHAPTER I — THE BEGINNINGS OF OPERA
- 6.CHAPTER II — THE REFORMS OF GLUCK
- 7.CHAPTER III — OPERA BUFFA, OPÉRA COMIQUE, AND SINGSPIEL
- 8.CHAPTER IV — MOZART
- 9.CHAPTER V — THE CLOSE OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
- 10.CHAPTER VI — WEBER AND THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL
- 11.CHAPTER VII — ROSSINI, DONIZETTI, AND BELLINI
- 12.CHAPTER VIII — MEYERBEER AND FRENCH OPERA
- 13.CHAPTER IX — WAGNER'S EARLY WORKS
- 14.CHAPTER X — WAGNER'S LATER WORKS
- 15.CHAPTER XI — MODERN FRANCE
- 16.CHAPTER XII — MODERN ITALY
- 17.CHAPTER XIII — MODERN GERMAN AND SLAVONIC OPERA
- 18.CHAPTER XIV — ENGLISH OPERA
- 19.INDEX OF OPERAS
- 20.INDEX OF COMPOSERS
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