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Opera Odyssey Toward a History of Opera in Nineteenth-Century America
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June C. Ottenberg
Book Code: OTH/
ISBN: 0-313-27841-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27841-9
224 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 5/30/1994
List Price: $112.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance
Series Number: 32
Reviews:
  • This careful history, replete with lists of productions, performers, and companies, is both a useful reference and an entertaining view of America's changing view of art and of itself.
    —
    Bostonia
Description: Ottenberg synthesizes material from a variety of sources--annals, memoirs, and scholarly sources--and, with them, weaves a coherent narrative of what was performed where, by whom, and what developments took place. Works, companies, and individual singers are discussed to reveal the 19th-century world of performance styles and audience expectations. This is a fascinating look at a relatively unexplored part of American musical and cultural history; the book casts new light on opera in America--its variety, popularity, and appeal to changing audiences throughout the century.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Setting the Stage
  • English Influence to 1825
  • English and "Englished" Opera: 1825-1847
  • European versus English Style: 1847-1865
  • Contemporary European Opera: 1865-1883
  • A Turn to German Opera: 1883-1900
  • Epilogue
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 93-35861
LCC Class: ML1711
Dewey Class: 792.5
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