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UNINA9910789121703321 |
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The lively arts of the London stage, 1675-1725 / / edited by Kathryn Lowerre |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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1-315-23859-4 |
1-4094-5532-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (325 p.) |
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Performance in the Long Eighteenth Century: Studies in Theatre, Music, Dance |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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791.0942109032 |
792.09421 |
792/.09421 |
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Soggetti |
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Musical theater -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century |
Musical theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century |
Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century |
Theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century |
Theater - History - 17th century - London - England |
Theater - History - 18th century - London - England |
Musical theater - History - 17th century - England - London |
Musical theater - History - 18th century - London - England |
Music, Dance, Drama & Film |
Drama |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Music Examples; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part IFirst, Music: Settings of Congreve's Judgment of Paris; 1 The Singers of The Judgment of Paris; 2 Harmonia Anglicana or Why Finger Failed in 'The Prize Musick'; 3The 'Prize Musick' of 1701: A Reinvestigation of the Staging Issue; Part II Mainpiece: The Lively Arts of the London Stage; 4 Composing after the Italian Manner: The English Cantata 1700-1710; 5 Johann Pepusch, Aesthetics, and the Sister Arts |
6From Scaramouche to Harlequin: Dances 'in grotesque characters' on |
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the London Stage7 Music, Magic, and Morality: Stage Reform and the Pastoral Mode; 8Madness 'Free from Vice': Musical Eroticism in the Pastoral World of The Fickle Shepherdess; 9 'Let all be husht': Songs in Praise of Anne Bracegirdle and Arabella Hunt; 10Burning and Stoic Men: Mad Rants and the Performance of Passionate Pain in the Plays of Nathaniel Lee, 1674 to 1678; 11Appreciating Bononcini's Astianatte (1727): An Italian Opera for the London Stage; Part IIIAfterpiece: Comedy, Farce, and Competition; 12 The Right to Write |
or, Colley Cibber and The Drury-Lane Monster13 'Quotation is the sincerest form of ...'?: Signature Songs as Inter-Theatrical References; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Reflecting the myriad options available to London audiences at the turn of the eighteenth century, this volume offers readers a portrait of the interrelated music, drama and dance productions that characterized this rich period. By bringing together work by scholars in different fields, this cross-disciplinary collection illuminates the interconnecting strands that shaped a vibrant theatrical world. |
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