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The lively arts of the London stage, 1675-1725 / / edited by Kathryn Lowerre



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Titolo: The lively arts of the London stage, 1675-1725 / / edited by Kathryn Lowerre Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
Disciplina: 791.0942109032
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Soggetto topico: 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
Altri autori: LowerreKathryn  
Note generali: First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.
Nota di contenuto: 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 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The lively arts of the London stage, 1675-1725  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-315-23859-4
1-4094-5532-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789121703321
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Serie: Performance in the Long Eighteenth Century: Studies in Theatre, Music, Dance