The comic intermezzo : a study in the history of eighteenth-century Italian opera / by Charles E. Troy.
| Author/creator | Troy, Charles E. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ann Arbor, MI : UMI Research Press, ©1979. |
| Description | xvi, 242 pages : music ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in musicology ; no. 9 Studies in musicology ; no. 9. ^A163772 |
| Contents | Part I: origin and early stages -- The seventeenth-century operatic intermedio -- The scena buffa in seventeenth-century opera -- The turn of the century -- The first independent intermezzi -- Part II: the repertory and its diffusion -- Principal composers -- Singers and travelling troupes -- The Raccolta copiosa d'intermedj -- Part III: the libretto -- Intermezzo and opera seria -- Structure and verse -- Sources and themes -- The pasticcio -- Part IV: the music -- Comic style -- Recitative and accompagnato -- The aria -- Duets -- Accompaniment and instrumental music -- Conclusion: decline and influence. |
| Abstract | This book examines the development and characteristics of the comic intermezzo, a form of light opera that became popular in the 18th century, particularly between the acts of more serious operas. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 213-234) and index. |
| LCCN | 79012295 |
| ISBN | 0835709922 : |
| ISBN | 9780835709927 |
| ISBN | 0835709930 (pbk. :) |