LEADER 03196nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910825667303321 005 20230617032241.0 010 $a1-280-92230-3 010 $a9786610922307 010 $a0-585-42755-0 035 $a(CKB)111056487029184 035 $a(EBL)225714 035 $a(OCoLC)59107077 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL225714 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10075755 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5121546 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL92239 035 $a(OCoLC)1027164633 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC225714 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056487029184 100 $a20050209d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA history of opera$b[electronic resource] $emilestones and metamorphoses /$fby Burton D. Fisher 210 $aCoral Gables, Fla. $cOpera Journeys Pub.$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (432 p.) 225 1 $aOpera classics library 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-930841-81-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 376-378) and index. 327 $aA History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses / Opera Classics Library Series; About the Author; A History of Opera: Milestones and Metamorphoses: Title Page; Opera Journeys publications; Contents; A Prelude; Chapter One: The Birth of Modern Opera: The First 150 Years - 1500 to 1750; Chapter two: Handel and Baroque Opera; Chapter three: Gluck: Returning to Ideals; Chapter four: French Baroque Opera: Lully and Rameau; Chapter five: Mozart and the Classical Era; Chapter six: Carl Maria von Weber: German Romanticism; Chapter seven: Rossini and Opera Buffa 327 $aChapter eight: Romanticism in Italian Opera: Early 19th centuryChapter nine: French Grand Opera: Early 19th century; Chapter ten: Verdi: Towering Romantic Passion; Chapter eleven: The French Lyrique; Chapter twelve: Operetta; Chapter thirteen: Wagner and Modern Music Drama; Chapter fourteen: Verdi and Italian Music Drama; Chapter fifteen: Opera and National Culture; Chapter sixteen: Verismo: Truth and Realism; Chapter seventeen: Puccini and Italian Post-Romanticism; Chapter eighteen: Richard Strauss: Expressionism; Chapter nineteen: Opera: From the 20th Century 327 $aChapter twenty: Recommended Research ResourcesDictionary of Opera and Musical Terms; Index 330 $aA comprehensive history of opera that traces each milestone in opera history from the 16th century Camerata through the next 400 years, and featurrd in depth analysis of all important genres: the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, Bel Canto, Opera Buffa, German Romanticism, Wagner and music drama, Verismo, Impressionism, Expressionism, Serialism, and much more. 410 0$aOpera classics library. 606 $aOpera 606 $aOperas$vScenarios 615 0$aOpera. 615 0$aOperas 676 $a782.1/09 700 $aFisher$b Burton D$01600292 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825667303321 996 $aA history of opera$94016388 997 $aUNINA