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010 a| 84048822;

020 a| 0060154500 :c| $22.95;

020 a| 9780060154509;

035 a| (Sirsi) o11370867;

035 a| (OCoLC)11370867;

040 a| DLCc| DLCd| EREd| UtOrBLW;

049 a| EREMa| NPEE;

050 00 a| ML1720b| .R6 1985;

082 0 a| 782.1/092| 19;

092 a| 782.109b| R56o;

100 1 a| Robinson, Paul A.,d| 1940-=| ^A17422;

245 10 a| Opera & ideas :b| from Mozart to Strauss /c| by Paul A. Robinson.;

246 3 a| Opera and ideas;

250 a| First edition.;

300 a| 279 pages ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliography (pages 268-269) and index.;

505 00 t| Enlightenment and reaction: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro and Gioacchino Rossini's The Barber of Seville --t| The self and nature: Franz Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise --t| The idea of history: Hector Berlioz's The Trojans --t| Realpolitik: Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo --t| Art, psyche, and society: Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger and Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.;

520 a| This book relates music to the history of ideas by analyzing several major operas: The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Les Troyens, Don Carlo, Die Meistersinger, and Der Rosenkavalier. He also considers two Schubert song cycles. His thesis is that composers' attitudes toward society, philosophy, and politics have influenced the musical/dramatic structure of many operas.;

650 0 a| Operaz| Europe.=| ^A1057711;

650 0 a| Opera.=| ^A19937;

650 0 a| Song cyclesx| History and criticism.=| ^A33139;

651 0 a| Europex| Intellectual life.=| ^A29105;

740 0 a| Opera and ideas.;

919 a| BOOK;

590 a| Little-251295;

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998 a| 261192;

999 a| ML1720 .R6 1985w| LCc| 1i| 30372003686067d| 12/10/2024e| 9/3/2024f| 7/15/2025g| 4l| MCSm| JMUSICn| 4r| Ys| Yt| MCSSBKu| 9/6/1989x| BOOKz| MCIRCo| .STAFF. enhanced 9/15/25 -jjabo| .STAFF. Copy Statement : c.1;

Opera & ideas : from Mozart to Strauss / by Paul A. Robinson.

Author/creator	Robinson, Paul A., 1940-
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	New York : Harper & Row, ©1985.
Description	279 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Opera--Europe. Opera. Song cycles--History and criticism. Europe--Intellectual life.

Variant title	Opera and ideas
Contents	Enlightenment and reaction: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro and Gioacchino Rossini's The Barber of Seville -- The self and nature: Franz Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin and Winterreise -- The idea of history: Hector Berlioz's The Trojans -- Realpolitik: Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo -- Art, psyche, and society: Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger and Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.
Abstract	This book relates music to the history of ideas by analyzing several major operas: The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Les Troyens, Don Carlo, Die Meistersinger, and Der Rosenkavalier. He also considers two Schubert song cycles. His thesis is that composers' attitudes toward society, philosophy, and politics have influenced the musical/dramatic structure of many operas.
Local note	Little-251295
Bibliography note	Includes bibliography (pages 268-269) and index.
Other title	Opera and ideas.
LCCN	84048822
ISBN	0060154500 :
ISBN	9780060154509

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