Sovereign feminine [[electronic resource] ] : music and gender in eighteenth-century Germany / / Matthew Head
| Sovereign feminine [[electronic resource] ] : music and gender in eighteenth-century Germany / / Matthew Head |
| Autore | Head Matthew |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 p.) |
| Disciplina | 780.82/0943 |
| Soggetto topico |
Gender identity in music
Women musicians - Germany - History - 18th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
19th century art authorial autonomy beauty bourgeois ideal classical music classical commercial culture engaging female composers female excellence female musicians femininity feminocentric values fine arts gender studies german states luxury masterworks music musical canons musical composers musical history musical performers musical patriotism performing arts refinement sensibility sex social issues virtue womens history womens issues |
| ISBN | 0-520-95476-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Fictions of Female Ascendance -- 1. Europe's Living Muses: Women, Music, and Modernity in Burney's History and Tours -- 2. "If the pretty little hand won't stretch": Music for the Fair Sex -- 3. Charlotte ("Minna") Brandes and the Beautiful Dead -- 4. An Evening in Tiefurt: Corona Schröter's Die Fischerin and Vegetable Genius -- 5. Sophie Westenholz and the Eclipse of the Female Sign -- 6. Beethoven Heroine: A Female Allegory of Music and Authorship in Egmont -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Two Prefaces to the Fair Sex -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786240503321 |
Head Matthew
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Weill's musical theater [[electronic resource] ] : stages of reform / / Stephen Hinton
| Weill's musical theater [[electronic resource] ] : stages of reform / / Stephen Hinton |
| Autore | Hinton Stephen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 569 p.) |
| Disciplina | 782.1092 |
| Soggetto topico | Musical theater - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
20th century composers
20th century music 20th century musical theater 20th century opera american entertainment american music american musical theater broadway musicals european history european musicals european opera european theater famous composers german composer historic composers history of broadway history of opera history of theater music and theater music studies musical composers musical fans musical lovers musicological study performing arts history theatre biographies |
| ISBN |
1-280-11632-3
9786613520760 0-520-95183-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Biographical Notes -- 2. The Busoni Connection -- 3. One-Act Operas -- 4. "Songspiel" -- 5. Plays with Music -- 6. Epic Opera -- 7. Didactic Theater ("Lehrstück") -- 8. Stages of Exile -- 9. Musical Plays -- 10. Stage vs. Screen -- 11. American Opera -- 12. Concept and Commitment -- Coda -- Appendix: Weill's Works for Stage or Screen -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Credits -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779087803321 |
Hinton Stephen
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Why classical music still matters [[electronic resource] /] / Lawrence Kramer
| Why classical music still matters [[electronic resource] /] / Lawrence Kramer |
| Autore | Kramer Lawrence <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
| Disciplina | 781.68 |
| Soggetto topico |
Music - Philosophy and aesthetics
Musical analysis |
| Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
academic apologists chopin classical composers classical music classical musicians composers gershwin human nature johann sebastian bach johannes brahms love song media mozart music lovers music performance music studies musical composers musical history musicians piano music popular culture ravel scholarly schubert schumann technology |
| ISBN |
1-281-75247-9
9786611752477 1-4294-7181-6 0-520-93364-8 1-4337-0967-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- In Lieu Of A Preface -- Chapter One. Classical Music And Its Values -- Chapter Two. The Fate Of Melody And The Dream Of Return -- Chapter Three. Score And Performance, Performance And Film: Classical Music As Liberating Energy -- Chapter Four. But Not For Me: Love Song And The Heartache Of Modern Life -- Chapter Five. The Ghost In The Machine: Keyboard Rhapsodies -- Chapter Six. Crisis And Memory: The Music Of Lost Time -- Chapter Seven. Persephone's Fiddle: The Value Of Classical Music -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784420403321 |
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| Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2007 | ||
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