Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests : The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater / / David J. Buch
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| Autore: |
Buch David J.
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| Titolo: |
Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests : The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater / / David J. Buch
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| Pubblicazione: | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2009] |
| ©2008 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (483 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 782.109/033 |
| 782.109033 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 |
| Music and magic | |
| Musical theater - Europe - History - 18th century | |
| Musical theater | |
| Supernatural in musical theater | |
| Zauberflo ̈te | |
| Musical theater - History - 18th century - Europe | |
| Music History & Criticism, Vocal | |
| Music | |
| Music, Dance, Drama & Film | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Classificazione: | LR 54171 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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 It |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests |
| ISBN: | 1-282-23943-0 |
| 9786612239434 | |
| 0-226-07811-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455157203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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