04166nam 22008415 450 991045515720332120210108040810.01-282-23943-097866122394340-226-07811-610.7208/9780226078113(CKB)1000000000773719(EBL)448531(OCoLC)434608400(SSID)ssj0000195357(PQKBManifestationID)11180383(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000195357(PQKBWorkID)10242075(PQKB)10012794(DE-B1597)523206(OCoLC)1109328572(DE-B1597)9780226078113(MiAaPQ)EBC448531(EXLCZ)99100000000077371920200424h20092008 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrMagic Flutes and Enchanted Forests The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater /David J. BuchChicago : University of Chicago Press, [2009]©20081 online resource (483 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-07809-4 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 -- IndexDrawing 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 ItMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791Music and magicMusical theater - Europe - History - 18th centuryMusical theaterSupernatural in musical theaterZauberflo ̈teMusical theaterHistory18th centuryEuropeSupernatural in musical theaterMusic and magicMusic History & Criticism, VocalHILCCMusicHILCCMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmHILCCElectronic books.Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.Music and magic.Musical theater - Europe - History - 18th century.Musical theater.Supernatural in musical theater.Zauberflo ̈te.Musical theaterHistorySupernatural in musical theaterMusic and magicMusic History & Criticism, VocalMusicMusic, Dance, Drama & Film782.109/033782.109033LR 54171rvkBuch David J., authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut972806DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910455157203321Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests2212889UNINA