Memoirs of the opera in Italy, France, Germany, and England / by George Hogarth.

Author/creator Hogarth, George
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Da Capo Press, 1972.
Description2 volumes : frontispiece ; 21 cm.
Subjects
Opera.

Uniform titleMemoirs of the musical drama
SeriesDa Capo Press music reprint series
Da Capo Press music reprint series. ^A259341
Contents V. 1. Chapter I. Origin of the musical drama ; Mysteries, moralities, and masques ; Allegorical and mythological entertainments in Italy during the fifteenth century ; Intermezzi ; Invention of recitative ; Earliest Italian operas ; Monteverde's [Monteverdi's] use of instruments ; First public performances at Rome ; At Venice ; Scroll-pieces ; Italian singers of the seventeenth century -- Chapter II. The musical drama in France ; Mysteries ; Queen of Navarre ; Italian opera brought into France ; Italian companies in Paris ; Isabella Andreini ; Lulli [Lully] ; Opera-ballets ; Quinault ; Fontenelle ; La Fontaine ; Lulli's music ; French singers ; French musical drama till the time of Rameau -- Chapter III. The musical drama in England ; Music in old English plays ; Masques in the reigns of Henry VIII, and Queen Elizabeth ; Plays performed by the singing boys of the churches ; Masques by the gentlemen of the inns of court ; Ben Jonson's masques for the court of James I ; Manners of that court ; Alfonso Ferabosco ; Nicolo Laniere -- Chapter IV. Time of Charles I ; Shirley's masque, The Triumph of Peace ; Prynne's Histrio-mastix ; Milton's Comus ; Henry Lawes -- Chapter V. The commonwealth ; Sir William Davenant's entertainments ; His musical pieces ; First female performers ; Theatre established after the Restoration ; Matthew Lock ; Psyche ; Macbeth ; Duchess of Mazarin -- Chapter VI. Dryden ; The State of Innocence ; Albion and Albanius ; Purcell ; Dido and Aeneas ; Purcell's instrumental music ; The Tempest -- Chapter VII. King Arthur ; The Indian Queen ; Tyrannic Love -- Chapter VIII. The Prophetess ; Bonduca ; Don Quixote ; Purcell's songs in various plays ; His death and character ; Principal dramatic singers in his time ; Dryden's secular masque ; Eccles ; Jeremy Collier's attack on the stage -- Chapter IX. Degeneracy of the Italian opera at the commencement of the last century ; Marcello's satire, Il Teatro alla moda ; Principal composers of that period ; Scarlatti ; Caldara ; Lotti ; Vivaldi ; Improvements effected by them ; Dramatic poets ; Apostolo Zeno ; Metastasio ; His appearance an era in the Italian opera -- Chapter X. The early musical drama in Germany ; German operas ; Introduction of the Italian opera ; German composers of the seventeenth century ; Mattheson ; Keiser ; Arrival of Metastasio -- Chapter XI. The Italian opera introduced into England ; Battista Draghi ; Arrival of Italian singers ; Margherita de l'Epine ; Mrs. Tofts ; Musical factions ; Opera of Arsinoe ; Camilla ; Rosamond ; Addison and Clayton ; Nicolini ; Pyrrhus and Demetrius ; The Tatler ; Leveridge ; Almahide ; Hydaspes ; The Spectator -- Chapter XII. Arrival of Handel in England ; Rinaldo ; Addison's opinions respecting the Italian opera, and observations on them -- Chapter XIII. Life of Metastasio -- Chapter XIV. Writings of Metastasio ; Minor Italian poets -- Chapter XV. State of the Italian opera in the earlier part of the eighteenth century ; Great composers ; Leo ; Vinci ; Sarro ; Porpora ; Rinaldo di Capua ; Pergolesi ; Hasse ; Domenico ; Scarlatti ; Feo ; Galuppi ; Terradellas ; Perez ; Logroscino -- Chapter XVI. Great Italian singers during the above period ; Tesi ; Faustina ; Cuzzoni ; Farinelli ; Senesino -- Chapter XVII. Caffarelli ; Gizziello ; Carestini ; Guarducci ; Durastanti ; Guadagni ; Mingotti ; Gabrielli ; Want of tenor and bass singers -- Chapter XVIII. The Italian opera established in England ; Handel's Rinaldo ; Calypso and Telemachus ; Galliard ; Anastasia Robinson ; Amadigi ; The Contrivances ; The Royal Academy of Music ; Its first composers and singers ; Radamisto ; Astario ; Muzio Scevola ; Opera subscriptions ; Griselda ; Bononcini ; Ariosti ; Neglect of the Italian opera ; Tolomeo Ré d'Egitto ; Close of the Royal Academy of Music ; Opera conducted by Heidegger and Handel ; New singers engaged ; Parthenope ; The nobility's opera ; Opposition to Handel ; Ruinous consequences to him ; He abandons dramatic composition ; Chronological list of his Italian operas ; His published operas ; Observations on Handel's Italian music ; Operas of contemporary composers ; Decline of the Italian opera about the middle of the eighteenth century.
Contents V. 2. Chapter I. Neglect of the English opera at the beginning of the eighteenth century ; The Beggar's Opera ; Its origin ; First performance ; Political allusions ; Its success ; Lavinia Fenton ; Thomas Walker ; Jeremiah Clarke ; Authors of songs ; Observations on the Beggar's Opera ; Polly ; Gay's other pieces ; Acis and Galatea ; Its music by Handel -- Chapter II. Miss Rafter, afterwards Mrs. Clive ; Henry Carey ; Miss Arne, afterwards Mrs. Cibber ; Thomas Augustine Arne ; John Beard ; Cecilia Young, afterwards Mrs. Arne ; Lampe ; The Dragon of Wantley ; Comus ; Various operas by Arne ; Artaxerxes ; English recitative ; Arne's airs ; Love in a Village ; Character of Arne ; Boyce ; The Chaplet and Shepherd's Lottery ; Pasticcio operas ; Miss Brent ; Michael Arne -- Chapter III. State of the Italian opera in the middle of the last century ; Structure of an opera ; Recitative ; Various classes of airs ; Changes effected by composers ; Jomelli -- Chapter IV. Piccini ; Sacchini ; Anfossi ; Traetta ; Guglielmi ; Sarti ; Minor composers -- Chapter V. Paesiello ; Cimarosa ; Zingarelli ; Mayer ; Winter ; Rossini ; Bellini ; Donizetti ; Verdi ; Celebrated singers -- Chapter VI. The musical drama in Germany ; The Italian opera established in different German states ; At Vienna ; Gluck ; At Dresden ; At Berlin ; Frederick II ; Hasse, Graun, and Agricola ; Madame Mara ; John Christian Bach ; Naumann ; Misliwiczek ; Haydn -- Chapter VII. Mozart ; Beethoven ; Weber ; Spohr -- Chapter VIII. The French opera ; Rameau ; Italian burlettas ; Disputes ; Rosseau's Devin du Village ; French burlettas ; Mondonville ; Duni ; Favart, and Madame Favart ; Contemporary descriptions of the French opera -- Chapter IX. Italian opera to the present time ; London Opera-House ; Winter's operas ; Mrs. Billington ; Madame Grassini ; Mr. Braham ; Madame Catalani ; Introduction to Mozart's operas ; Bertinotti ; Tramezzani and Naldi ; Vestris ; Fodor ; Remarkable season of 1817 ; Camporese ; Ambrogetti ; Rossini -- Chapter X. Madame Pasta ; Velluti ; Mademoiselle Sontag ; Madame Malibran ; Present Italian performers ; Grisi, Sontag, Lind, Lablache, Mario, &c. ; Two Italian theatres in London ; Present state of the Italian opera -- Chapter XI. The English opera since the time of Arne ; Linley ; Sheridan ; The Duenna ; Linley's operas ; Jackson ; Mrs. Crouch ; Dr. Arnold ; Dibdin ; Shield ; Storace ; Billington, Mara, Incledon, Braham, Kelly, and other vocal performers ; Bishop ; Adaptations of foreign operas ; Recent English operas ; Vocal performers ; Present state of the opera.
Abstract An examination of the history of European opera from the 15th century to the early 19th century by 19th century music journalist and critic George Hogarth. This 2-volume edition includes commentaries on individual operas, composers, performers, opera companies and theatres.
General noteReprint of the 1851 edition.
General noteFirst edition, 1838, has title: Memoirs of the musical drama.
LCCN 71166101
ISBN0306702568
ISBN9780306702563

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