Simon Maguire

Vincenzo Bellini and the Aesthetics of Early Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1989. This study explores Italian attitudes to opera while Vincenzo Bellini was studying and composing. It draws mainly on Italian critical and aesthetic writing dating from the end of an era that was still dominated by the Italian bel canto.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9781138366015
• ISBN-10: 1138366013
• Artikelnr.: 59578016

Autorenporträt

Simon Maguire

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Aesthetic Roots of Italian Opera in the Early
Nineteenth Century 3. The Role of the Singer on the Stage 4. Poetry and
Drama in the Libretto 5. The Constitution of the Orchestra and its Place in
the Melodramma 6. The Heritage of the Bel Canto; Bibliography; Index