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Titolo: |
The lively arts of the London stage, 1675-1725 / / edited by Kathryn Lowerre
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (325 p.) |
Disciplina: | 791.0942109032 |
792.09421 | |
792/.09421 | |
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
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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 ![]() |
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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