1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789100603321

Autore

Letellier Robert Ignatius

Titolo

Opera-comique [[electronic resource] ] : a sourcebook / / Robert Ignatius Letellier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2010

ISBN

1-282-77640-1

9786612776403

1-4438-2168-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (881 p.)

Disciplina

782.1

Soggetti

Opéra comique

Opera - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxii-xxiii) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; A CHRONOLOGY OF THE OPÉRA-COMIQUE; COMPOSERS AND THEIR WORKS AT THE OPÉRA-COMIQUE; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Opéra-comique, like grand opéra, a specifically French genre of opera, emerged from the political changes and intellectual discussion that played a recurrent role in determining the nature of artistic expression and production in Paris from the late 17th until the mid-18th centuries. Opéra-comique is distinguished by its use of spoken dialogue to link the arias and sung parts, and its more restrained use of recitatives. It emerged out of the popular entertainments, called opéras-comiques en...



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910694067603321

Titolo

Management and oversight of the National Flood Insurance Program : hearing before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, October 20, 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 168 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Flood insurance - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia