The Story of Opera
by E. Markham Lee
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About this eBook
- Author
- Lee, E. Markham (Ernest Markham), 1874-1956
- Title
- The story of opera
- Original Publication
- London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., 1909.
- Credits
- Jane Robins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- ML: Music: Literature of music
- Subject
- Opera
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 76044
- Release Date
- May 8, 2025
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Story of Opera
- 2.Untitled
- 3.Untitled
- 4.List of Illustrations.
- 5.CHAPTER I. WHAT IS OPERA?
- 6.CHAPTER II. DIFFERENT SCHOOLS CORRESPONDING WITH THE GROWTH OF MUSICAL ART.
- 7.CHAPTER III. THE REFORMERS OF OPERA: MONTEVERDE, GLUCK, AND WAGNER.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. THE BEGINNINGS OF OPERA.
- 9.CHAPTER V. EARLY ITALIAN, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND ENGLISH OPERA.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. THE OPERAS OF GLUCK AND THE GREAT COMPOSERS.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. SOME LESSER STARS IN THE OPERATIC FIRMAMENT
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. SOME LESSER STARS IN THE OPERATIC FIRMAMENT
- 13.CHAPTER IX. SOME LESSER STARS IN THE OPERATIC FIRMAMENT
- 14.CHAPTER X. ENGLISH OPERA OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
- 15.CHAPTER XI. WAGNER AND HIS OPERAS.
- 16.CHAPTER XII. MODERN OPERA SINCE WAGNER’S REFORMS.
- 17.CHAPTER XIII. SLAVONIC OPERA. [2]
- 18.CHAPTER XIV. OPERA TO-DAY IN ITALY, GERMANY, FRANCE, AND ENGLAND.
- 19.CHAPTER XV. OPERATIC ENTERPRISE IN ENGLAND.
- 20.CHAPTER XVI. HOW TO LISTEN TO AND ENJOY OPERA. — CHAPTER XVII. THE CHIEF OPERA HOUSES OF THE WORLD.
- 21.CHAPTER XVIII. OFFSHOOTS AND CURIOSITIES OF OPERA.
- 22.CHAPTER XIX. A CHAPTER OF CHATTER.
- 23.Appendices.
- 24.Appendix A.
- 25.Appendix B.
- 26.Appendix C.
- 27.Appendix D.
- 28.Appendix E.
- 29.Index.
- 30.Untitled
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