04639oam 2200841I 450 991078912170332120230808211512.01-315-23859-41-4094-5532-710.4324/9781315238593 (CKB)3710000000087009(EBL)1589661(SSID)ssj0001108438(PQKBManifestationID)11623172(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001108438(PQKBWorkID)11104058(PQKB)11145201(MiAaPQ)EBC1589661(MiAaPQ)EBC5293085(OCoLC)966310707(Au-PeEL)EBL5293085(CaONFJC)MIL975663(OCoLC)1027166352(EXLCZ)99371000000008700920180706e20162014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe lively arts of the London stage, 1675-1725 /edited by Kathryn LowerreLondon ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (325 p.)Performance in the Long Eighteenth Century: Studies in Theatre, Music, DanceFirst published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.1-306-47120-6 1-4094-5533-5 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 Arts6From Scaramouche to Harlequin: Dances 'in grotesque characters' on 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 Writeor, Colley Cibber and The Drury-Lane Monster13 'Quotation is the sincerest form of ...'?: Signature Songs as Inter-Theatrical References; Bibliography; IndexReflecting 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.Performance in the Long Eighteenth Century: Studies in Theatre, Music, DanceMusical theater -- England -- London -- History -- 17th centuryMusical theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th centuryTheater -- England -- London -- History -- 17th centuryTheater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th centuryTheaterHistory17th centuryLondonEnglandTheaterHistory18th centuryLondonEnglandMusical theaterHistory17th centuryEnglandLondonMusical theaterHistory18th centuryLondonEnglandMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmHILCCDramaHILCCMusical 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.TheaterHistoryTheaterHistoryMusical theaterHistoryMusical theaterHistoryMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmDrama791.0942109032792.09421792/.09421Lowerre Kathryn1551248AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910789121703321The lively arts of the London stage, 1675-17253810663UNINA