Meyerbeer's Italian operas / by Robert Ignatius Letellier.

Author/creator Letellier, Robert Ignatius author.
Format Book
Publication InfoNewcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023.
Descriptionxiv, 181 pages, 104 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), music ; 22cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Meyerbeer's Italian operas. Romilda e Costanza (Romilda and Constance) ; Semiramide (Semiramide Riconosciuta) ; Emma di Resburgo (Emma of Roxburgh) ; Margherita d'Anjou (Margaret of Anjou) ; L'Esule di Granata (The exile of Granada) ; Il crociato in Egitto (The crusader in Egypt).
Abstract Giacomo Meyerbeer is the only composer who wrote for three different and equally important eras of 19th century music. His works straddle the German Romantic school, Italian bel canto and French grand opera and opéra-comique. After his early career in Berlin, Darmstadt, Munich and Vienna, Meyerbeer famously travelled to Italy where he lived for ten years. His six operas written between 1817 and 1824 established Meyerbeer as a significant composer in Italy, with an international reputation growing more or less incrementally with each new work. The treasures of these works have been rediscovered in recent decades (1979-2019). This study examines these works in terms of origins, content and performance history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 138-172) and index.
ISBN1527539105 (hardcover)
ISBN9781527539105 (hardcover)

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML410.M61 L385 2023 ✔ Available Place Hold