German opera : from the beginnings to Wagner / John Warrack.

Author/creator Warrack, John, 1928-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Descriptionxiv, 447 pages : map, music ; 24 cm
Subjects
Opera--Germany.

SeriesCambridge studies in opera
Cambridge studies in opera. ^A396000
Contents Map: centres of German opera -- Sixteenth-century beginnings -- The Thirty Years War and its aftermath -- The Hamburg enterprise -- Travelling troupes and changing attitudes -- The Viennese Singspiel -- Mozart's German operas -- From the French Revolution to the turn of the century -- French opera in Germany after the Revolution -- New critics and singers -- Opera in a new century: the first decade (1) -- Opera in a new century: the first decade (2) -- The growth of Romantic and grand opera -- Romantic opera and grand opera in the 1820s (I) -- Romantic opera and grand opera in the 1820s (II) -- Opera in the mid nineteenth century (1) -- Opera in the mid nineteenth century (2).
Abstract German opera from its origins up to Wagner is the subject of this wide-ranging history, the only one of its kind in any language. It traces the growth of the humble Singspiel into a vehicle for the genius of Mozart and Beethoven, together with the persistent attempts at German grand opera. Seventeenth-century Hamburg opera, the role of the travelling companies and Viennese Singspiel are all examined. Discussions that from early days absorbed Germans concerned for the development of a national art are explored, together with the influence of new critical thought at the start of the nineteenth century. The many operas studied are placed in their historical, social and theatrical context, and attention is paid to the literary, artistic and philosophical ideas that made them part of the country's intellectual history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 416-426) and indexes.
LCCN 00062127
ISBN0521235324

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