The opera : a sketch of the development of opera : with full descriptions of all works in the modern repertory / by R.A. Streatfeild ; with an introduction by J.A. Fuller-Maitland.

Author/creator Streatfeild, R. A.
Other author Fuller-Maitland, J. A. (John Alexander), 1856-1936, writer of introduction.
Other author Dent, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1876-1957, editor.
Format Book
EditionFifth edition, revised, enlarged / by Edward J. Dent.
Publication InfoLondon : Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited : J. Curwen & Sons, Ltd., [1948, ©1925]
Descriptioniii-xx, 402 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
Opera.

Contents Preface to the fifth edition -- Introduction -- The beginnings of opera. Peri ; Monteverdi ; Cavalli ; Lulli [Lully] ; Purcell ; Keiser ; Scarlatti ; Handel -- The reforms of Gluck -- Opera buffa, opéra comique, and singspiel. Pergolesi ; Rousseau ; Monsigny ; Grétry ; Cimarosa ; Hiller -- Mozart -- The close of the classical period. Méhul ; Cherubini ; Spontini ; Beethoven ; Boieldieu -- Weber and the Romantic school. Weber ; Spohr ; Marschner ; Kreutzer ; Lortzing ; Nicolai ; Flotow ; Mendelssohn ; Schubert ; Schumann -- Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini -- Meyerbeer and French opera. Hérold ; Meyerbeer ; Berlioz ; Halévy ; Auber -- Wagner's early works -- Wagner's later works -- Modern France. Gounod ; Thomas ; Bizet ; Saint Saëns ; Reyer ; Massenet ; Bruneau ; Charpentier ; Debussy -- Verdi and Boito -- Modern Italy. Mascagni ; Leoncavallo ; Puccini ; Giordano ; Wolf-Ferrari ; Pizzetti -- Modern German opera. Cornelius ; Goetz ; Goldmark ; Humperdinck ; Strauss ; Pfitzner ; Schreker -- Russian and Bohemian opera. Glinka ; Rubinstein ; Tchaikovsky ; Borodin ; Mussorgsky ; Rimsky-Korsakov ; Stravinsky ; Smetana ; Dvorak -- Opera in England. Balfe ; Wallace ; Goring Thomas ; Mackenzie ; Stanford ; Sullivan ; Smyth ; Gatty ; Boughton ; Holst ; Vaughan Williams.
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