02805nam 22006854a 450 991096781040332120251117062956.09786612239434978128223943212822394309780226078113022607811610.7208/9780226078113(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(Perlego)1852272(EXLCZ)99100000000077371920080317d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMagic flutes & enchanted forests the supernatural in eighteenth-century musical theater /David J. Buch1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (483 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780226078090 0226078094 Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-419) and index.L'Academie royale de musique -- Opera-comique -- Italian serious genres -- Italian comic genres -- German musical theater -- The supernatural in the operas of Mozart.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 theatre and profoundly influenced how audiences and critics responded to them. David J. Buch reveals that despite-and 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 Italian.Magic flutes and enchanted forestsMusical theaterEuropeHistory18th centurySupernatural in musical theaterMusic and magicMusical theaterHistorySupernatural in musical theater.Music and magic.782.109/033LR 54171rvkBuch David J.1950-1892736MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967810403321Magic flutes & enchanted forests4539439UNINA