Grand opera : the story of the Met / / Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron |
Autore | Affron Charles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (469 p.) |
Disciplina | 792.509747/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Electronic books
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Opera |
Soggetto non controllato |
21st century innovations
audience response career classical music faust global cultural scene historical history international lincoln center for the performing arts live arts live productions memorable performance metropolitan opera association metropolitan opera house metropolitan opera musicians national new york city opera company opera enthusiasts opera house opera management opera performing arts reinvention stage productions the met theater theatre theatrical tradition wagners ring |
ISBN | 0-520-95897-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. A Matter of Boxes, 1883-1884: Bel Canto -- 2. Cultural Capital, 1884-1903: The German Seasons and French Opera -- 3. Opera Wars, 1903-1908: Parsifal, Salome, and the Manhattan Opera Company -- 4. Modernity, 1908-1929: Puccini -- 5. Hard Times, 1929-1940: Wagner -- 6. Strains of War, 1940-1950: The Conductor's Opera -- 7. Stage Business, 1950-1966: Verdi -- 8. In Transit, 1966-1975: American Opera -- 9. Maestro Assoluto, 1975-1990: Twentieth-Century European Opera and the Baroque -- 10. Patronage and Perestroika, 1990-2006: American Opera (Redux) and Slavic Opera -- 11. In the Age of New Media, 2006-2013 -- Notes -- Index of Names, Titles, and Foreign-Language Musical Terms |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817243303321 |
Affron Charles | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Homeric receptions across generic and cultural contexts / / edited by Athanasios Efstathiou and Ioanna Karamanou |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (506 p.) |
Disciplina | 883.01 |
Collana | Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes |
Soggetto topico | Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
Homer
ancient Greek literature performing arts reception studies |
ISBN |
3-11-047918-4
3-11-047979-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: The Contexts of Homeric Reception -- Homer, Repetition and Reception -- Hipponax and the Odyssey: Subverting Text and Intertext -- Archaic Funerary Epigram and Hector’s Imagined Epitymbia -- Performance, Poetic Identity and Intertextuality in Pindar’s Olympian 4 -- Homer and Epic in Herodotus’ Book 7 -- Argumenta Homerica: Homer’s Reception by Aeschines -- Homeric Values in the Epitaphios Logos -- The Ancient Quarrel between Philosophy and Poetry: Plato’s Hippias Minor -- A Philosophical Reception of Homer: Homeric Courage in Aristotle’s Discussion of ἀνδρεία -- Homeric Echoes, Pythagorean Flavour: The Reception of Homer in Iamblichus -- Ἑρμιόνην, ἣ εἶδος ἔχε χρυσέης ᾿Aφροδίτης (Od. 4.14): Praising a Female through Aphrodite – From Homer into Hellenistic Epigram -- Pausanias and Homer -- The Reception of Homeric Vocabulary in Nonnus’ Paraphrase of St. John’s Gospel: Εxamination of Themes and Formulas in Selected Passages -- Trees and Plants in Poetic Emulation: From the Homeric Epic to Virgil’s Eclogues -- Embracing Homeric Orality in the Aeneid: Revisiting the Composition Politics of Virgil’s First Descriptio -- ‘tollite me, Teucri’ (Verg. Aen. 3.601): Saving Achaemenides, Saving Homer -- Scylla the Beauty and Scylla the Beast: A Homeric Allusion in the Ciris -- Homer in Love: Homeric Reception in Propertius and Ovid -- Homer in Servius: A Judgement on Servius as a Commentator on Virgil -- On Finding Homer: The Impact of Homeric Scholarship on the Perception of South Slavic Οral Traditional Poetry -- Aeschylus reading Homer: The Case of the Psychagogoi -- Symbolic Remarriage in Homer’s Odyssey and Euripides’ Alcestis -- Euripides’ ‘Trojan Trilogy’ and the Reception of the Epic Tradition -- Andromache’s Tragic Persona from the Ancient to the Modern Stage -- Odysseus Satirical: The Merry Dealing of the Homeric Myth in Modern Greek Theatre -- The Reception of Homer in Silent Film -- Homeric Shadows on the Silver Screen: Epic Themes in Michael Cacoyannis’ Trilogy of Cinematic Receptions -- ‘Travelling to the Light, Aiming at the Infinite’: The Odyssey of Mikis Theodorakis -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- General Index -- Index of Homeric Passages |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796550203321 |
Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Homeric receptions across generic and cultural contexts / / edited by Athanasios Efstathiou and Ioanna Karamanou |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (506 p.) |
Disciplina | 883.01 |
Collana | Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes |
Soggetto topico | Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
Homer
ancient Greek literature performing arts reception studies |
ISBN |
3-11-047918-4
3-11-047979-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: The Contexts of Homeric Reception -- Homer, Repetition and Reception -- Hipponax and the Odyssey: Subverting Text and Intertext -- Archaic Funerary Epigram and Hector’s Imagined Epitymbia -- Performance, Poetic Identity and Intertextuality in Pindar’s Olympian 4 -- Homer and Epic in Herodotus’ Book 7 -- Argumenta Homerica: Homer’s Reception by Aeschines -- Homeric Values in the Epitaphios Logos -- The Ancient Quarrel between Philosophy and Poetry: Plato’s Hippias Minor -- A Philosophical Reception of Homer: Homeric Courage in Aristotle’s Discussion of ἀνδρεία -- Homeric Echoes, Pythagorean Flavour: The Reception of Homer in Iamblichus -- Ἑρμιόνην, ἣ εἶδος ἔχε χρυσέης ᾿Aφροδίτης (Od. 4.14): Praising a Female through Aphrodite – From Homer into Hellenistic Epigram -- Pausanias and Homer -- The Reception of Homeric Vocabulary in Nonnus’ Paraphrase of St. John’s Gospel: Εxamination of Themes and Formulas in Selected Passages -- Trees and Plants in Poetic Emulation: From the Homeric Epic to Virgil’s Eclogues -- Embracing Homeric Orality in the Aeneid: Revisiting the Composition Politics of Virgil’s First Descriptio -- ‘tollite me, Teucri’ (Verg. Aen. 3.601): Saving Achaemenides, Saving Homer -- Scylla the Beauty and Scylla the Beast: A Homeric Allusion in the Ciris -- Homer in Love: Homeric Reception in Propertius and Ovid -- Homer in Servius: A Judgement on Servius as a Commentator on Virgil -- On Finding Homer: The Impact of Homeric Scholarship on the Perception of South Slavic Οral Traditional Poetry -- Aeschylus reading Homer: The Case of the Psychagogoi -- Symbolic Remarriage in Homer’s Odyssey and Euripides’ Alcestis -- Euripides’ ‘Trojan Trilogy’ and the Reception of the Epic Tradition -- Andromache’s Tragic Persona from the Ancient to the Modern Stage -- Odysseus Satirical: The Merry Dealing of the Homeric Myth in Modern Greek Theatre -- The Reception of Homer in Silent Film -- Homeric Shadows on the Silver Screen: Epic Themes in Michael Cacoyannis’ Trilogy of Cinematic Receptions -- ‘Travelling to the Light, Aiming at the Infinite’: The Odyssey of Mikis Theodorakis -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- General Index -- Index of Homeric Passages |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813325503321 |
Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interpreting music [[electronic resource] /] / Lawrence Kramer |
Autore | Kramer Lawrence <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
Disciplina | 781.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Music - History and criticism
Music - Philosophy and aesthetics |
Soggetto non controllato |
aesthetics
beauty case studies classical music classical repertoire concept of music entertainment industry essay formalist approaches hermeneutic approaches modern culture music culture music historians music interpretation music philosophy music scholars music musical meaning musical performance musical scores musical work musicians nonfiction opera performativity performing arts performing music thought provoking |
ISBN |
1-282-76446-2
9786612764462 0-520-94736-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Musical Examples -- 1. Hermeneutics -- 2. Language -- 3. Subjectivity -- 4. Meaning -- 5. Metaphor -- 6. History -- 7. Influence -- 8. Deconstruction -- 9. Analysis -- 10. Resemblance -- 11. Things -- 12. Classical -- 13. Modern -- 14. Works -- 15. Performance -- 16. Musicology -- Notes -- Index of Concepts -- Index of Names |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785242503321 |
Kramer Lawrence <1946-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interpreting music [[electronic resource] /] / Lawrence Kramer |
Autore | Kramer Lawrence <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
Disciplina | 781.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Music - History and criticism
Music - Philosophy and aesthetics |
Soggetto non controllato |
aesthetics
beauty case studies classical music classical repertoire concept of music entertainment industry essay formalist approaches hermeneutic approaches modern culture music culture music historians music interpretation music philosophy music scholars music musical meaning musical performance musical scores musical work musicians nonfiction opera performativity performing arts performing music thought provoking |
ISBN |
1-282-76446-2
9786612764462 0-520-94736-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Musical Examples -- 1. Hermeneutics -- 2. Language -- 3. Subjectivity -- 4. Meaning -- 5. Metaphor -- 6. History -- 7. Influence -- 8. Deconstruction -- 9. Analysis -- 10. Resemblance -- 11. Things -- 12. Classical -- 13. Modern -- 14. Works -- 15. Performance -- 16. Musicology -- Notes -- Index of Concepts -- Index of Names |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827374603321 |
Kramer Lawrence <1946-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Is he dead? [[electronic resource] ] : a comedy in three acts / / Mark Twain ; edited with foreword, afterword, and notes by Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; text established by the Mark Twain Project, the Bancroft Library ; illustrations by Barry Moser |
Autore | Twain Mark <1835-1910.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 812/.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FishkinShelley Fisher |
Collana | Jumping frogs |
Soggetto topico |
Artists
Death |
Soggetto genere / forma | Comedies. |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american drama american literature american theater art and literature burlesque comedy theater comedy deception famous authors farce harebrained schemes humor humorists illustrated literary criticism literary icons live entertainment manuscript men and women modern audiences performing arts playwrights social commentary social satire stage play theatrical productions twain scholars world market |
ISBN |
1-282-77209-0
9786612772092 0-520-93989-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Is He Dead? by Mark Twain -- Afterword -- Notes -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789000703321 |
Twain Mark <1835-1910.> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Is he dead? [[electronic resource] ] : a comedy in three acts / / Mark Twain ; edited with foreword, afterword, and notes by Shelley Fisher Fishkin ; text established by the Mark Twain Project, the Bancroft Library ; illustrations by Barry Moser |
Autore | Twain Mark <1835-1910.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
Disciplina | 812/.4 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FishkinShelley Fisher |
Collana | Jumping frogs |
Soggetto topico |
Artists
Death |
Soggetto genere / forma | Comedies. |
Soggetto non controllato |
america
american drama american literature american theater art and literature burlesque comedy theater comedy deception famous authors farce harebrained schemes humor humorists illustrated literary criticism literary icons live entertainment manuscript men and women modern audiences performing arts playwrights social commentary social satire stage play theatrical productions twain scholars world market |
ISBN |
1-282-77209-0
9786612772092 0-520-93989-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Is He Dead? by Mark Twain -- Afterword -- Notes -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825611603321 |
Twain Mark <1835-1910.> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Late Godard and the possibilities of cinema [[electronic resource] /] / Daniel Morgan |
Autore | Morgan Daniel <1977-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.4302/33092 |
Soggetto topico | Motion pictures - Aesthetics |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century art
20th century film aesthetics in cinema books for film lovers cinema and culture cinema history contemporary cinema discussion books easy to read educational books engaging famous film producers film history film majors film studies books history of cinema production history informative books jean luc godard leisure reads movie and video production movie lovers nonfiction reading page turner performing arts social cinema video direction and production |
ISBN |
1-283-69594-4
0-520-95396-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Work of Aesthetics -- 2. Nature and Its Discontents -- 3. Politics by Other Means -- 4. Cinema without Photography -- 5. What Projection Does -- 6. Cinema after the End of Cinema (Again) -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785942003321 |
Morgan Daniel <1977-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Late Godard and the possibilities of cinema [[electronic resource] /] / Daniel Morgan |
Autore | Morgan Daniel <1977-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
Disciplina | 791.4302/33092 |
Soggetto topico | Motion pictures - Aesthetics |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century art
20th century film aesthetics in cinema books for film lovers cinema and culture cinema history contemporary cinema discussion books easy to read educational books engaging famous film producers film history film majors film studies books history of cinema production history informative books jean luc godard leisure reads movie and video production movie lovers nonfiction reading page turner performing arts social cinema video direction and production |
ISBN |
1-283-69594-4
0-520-95396-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Work of Aesthetics -- 2. Nature and Its Discontents -- 3. Politics by Other Means -- 4. Cinema without Photography -- 5. What Projection Does -- 6. Cinema after the End of Cinema (Again) -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818664103321 |
Morgan Daniel <1977-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up / / Mary Beard |
Autore | Beard Mary <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, : University of California Press, 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 Online-Ressource (X, 319 Seiten) |
Disciplina | 152.4/30937 |
Collana | Sather Classical Lectures |
Soggetto topico |
Laughter - Rome - History - To 1500
Latin wit and humor - History and criticism |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient literary criticism
ancient rome anthropology approachable scholarship classical literature conversational cultural studies essays on rhetoric funny history of ancient rome history of laughter history humor and drama humor inviting jokes laughter literary analysis monkey business performing arts purpose of laughter roman culture roman history roman humor roman joke book roman writing sather classical lectures theories of humor |
ISBN |
0-520-28758-4
0-520-95820-9 9780520958203 |
Classificazione | HIS002000LIT004190POL010000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introducing Roman Laughter: Dio's "Giggle" and Gnatho's Two Laughs -- 2. Questions of Laughter, Ancient and Modern -- 3. The History of Laughter -- 4. Roman Laughter in Latin and Greek -- 5. The Orator -- 6. From Emperor to Jester -- 7. Between Human and Animal- Especially Monkeys and Asses -- 8. The Laughter Lover -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Texts and Abbreviations -- Notes -- References -- List of Illustrations and Credits -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791045903321 |
Beard Mary <1955-> | ||
Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, : University of California Press, 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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