Opera / [by] Charles Hamm.
| Author/creator | Hamm, Charles |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 1966. |
| Description | xii, 245 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The singers. The singer as an individual ; Classification of voices ; Voices and roles ; Other voices -- Words and music: concepts and definitions. Spoken dialogue ; Melodrama ; Recitative ; Arioso ; Aria and song -- Recitative and aria. The Metastasian ideal ; Variations: recitative ; Scenes in recitative ; Aria without recitative -- Duet, trio, quartet, quintet. Duet as an extension of aria ; Larger ensembles -- Finale and introduction -- The chorus. The chorus as scenery ; The chorus as sound ; The chorus as narrator and commentator ; The chorus as protagonist -- The orchestra and its use. Beginnings: the continuo and the singer ; Monteverdi and expansion of the orchestra ; Later seventeenth-century practice ; Neapolitan opera and spectacular singing ; Mozart, Gluck, and the accompanying orchestra ; The nineteenth century and the giant orchestra ; The twentieth century: reaction against the giant orchestra ; On and off-stage music -- Prelude and overture. The call to attention ; Prelude ; The potpourri opening ; The formalized overture ; Miscellaneous openings -- Dance and pantomime. Nineteenth-century struggles ; Other countries ; Dance as scenery ; Principals as dancers ; Pantomime and gesture -- Opera and music drama -- Summation: opera as music and drama. |
| LCCN | 66016634 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML1700 .H34 1966 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |