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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455157203321

Autore

Buch David J.

Titolo

Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests : The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater / / David J. Buch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2009]

©2008

ISBN

1-282-23943-0

9786612239434

0-226-07811-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (483 p.)

Classificazione

LR 54171

Disciplina

782.109/033

782.109033

Soggetti

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

Music and magic

Musical theater - Europe - History - 18th century

Musical theater

Supernatural in musical theater

Zauberflo ̈te

Musical theater - History - 18th century - Europe

Music History & Criticism, Vocal

Music

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION. Precedents & Sources of Magic & the "Marvelous" -- 1. L'Académie Royale de Musique -- 2. Opéra-comique -- 3. Italian Serious Genres -- 4. Italian Comic Genres -- 5. German Musical Theater -- 6. The Supernatural in the Operas of Mozart -- POSTSCRIPT. The Significance & Influence of Supernatural Topics -- APPENDIX A. Chronological List of Operas, Ballets, Comédies, Féeries, Pantomimes & Other Plays with Magic & Supernatural Content, 1699-1791 --



APPENDIX B. Selected Italian Circe, Medea & Orpheus Operas, 1700-1791 -- APPENDIX C. Operas Based on Ariosto & Tasso, 1700-1791 -- APPENDIX D. Some Eighteenth-Century Italian Don Juan Settings -- APPENDIX E. Chronological List of German Theatrical Works with Magic & Supernatural Content, 1728-92 -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on hundreds of operas, singspiels, ballets, and plays with supernatural themes, Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests argues that the tension between fantasy and Enlightenment-era rationality shaped some of the most important works of eighteenth-century musical theater and profoundly influenced how audiences and critics responded to them. David J. Buch reveals that despite-and perhaps even because of-their fundamental irrationality, fantastic and exotic themes acquired extraordinary force and popularity during the period, pervading theatrical works with music in the French, German, and It

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Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00266921

Titolo

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Orthopedic and Rheumatic disease in Adults / Fabio Martino, Enzo Silvestri, Davide Orlandi editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer, 2022

Descrizione fisica

XIII, 302 p. ; 24 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia