New looks at Italian opera : essays in honor of Donald J. Grout / by Robert M. Adams, Dénes Bartha, Robert A. Hall, Jr., William C. Holmes, Claude V. Palisca, Nino Pirrotta, Luigi Tagliavini, Jack Allan Westrup ; edited, with an introduction by William W. Austin.
| Author/creator | Austin, William W. |
| Other author | Grout, Donald Jay, honoree. |
| Other author | Adams, Robert M. (Robert Martin), 1915-1996. |
| Other author | Austin, William W., editor, writer of introduction. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [1968] |
| Description | ix, 290 pages : illustrations, music, portrait ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Alterati of Florence, pioneers in the theory of dramatic music / Claude V. Palisca -- Early opera and aria / Nino Pirrotta -- Giacinto Andrea Cicognini's and Antonio Cesti's Orontea (1649) / William C. Holmes -- Alessandro Scarlatti's Il Mitridate Eupatore (1707) / Jack Allan Westrup -- Quirino Gasparini and Mozart / Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini -- Haydn's Italian opera repertory at Eszterháza Palace / Dénes Bartha -- Music in the works of Fogazzaro / Robert A. Hall, Jr. -- The operatic novel: Joyce and D'Annunzio / Robert M. Adams. |
| Abstract | A collection of papers on the origins of Italian opera and its influence in the development of western music. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical footnotes and index. |
| Genre/form | Festschriften. |
| LCCN | 68016378 |
| ISBN | 9780801400223 |
| ISBN | 0801400228 |