The Cambridge Companion to Seventeenth-Century Opera is a much-needed introduction to one of the most defining areas of Western music history - the birth of opera and its developments during the first century of its existence. From opera's Italian foundations to its growth through Europe and the Americas, the volume charts the changing landscape – on stage and beyond – which shaped the way opera was produced and received. With a range from opera's sixteenth-century antecedents to the threshold of the eighteenth century, this path breaking book is broad enough to function as a comprehensive introduction, yet sufficiently detailed to offer valuable insights into most of early opera's many facets; it guides the reader towards authoritative written and musical sources appropriate for further study. It will be of interest to a wide audience, including undergraduate and graduate students in universities and equivalent institutions, and amateur and professional musicians.
Edited by:
Jacqueline Waeber (Duke University North Carolina)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 169mm,
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 732g
ISBN: 9780521530460
ISBN 10: 0521530466
Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 22 December 2022
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface and acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Part I. The Italian Foundations: 1. Opera is born: the wedding of music and drama in late Renaissance Florence Barbara Russano Hanning; 2. '…e poi le parole': towards a history of the libretto Tim Carter; 3. Aria, Recitative, and Chorus in Italian Opera Sara Elisa Stangalino; 4. Opera as spectacle, opera as drama Margaret Murata; Part II. Society, Institutions and Production: 5. Opera for a paying public (Italy c. 1637–c. 1700) Beth L. Glixon; 6. 'Una bella voce, un bel trillo, d un bel passaggio': opera singers in seventeenth-century Italy Colleen Reardon; 7. Opera, gender and voice Christine Jeanneret; 8. Dance and ballet Rebecca Harris-Warrick; 9. Staging opera in the seventeenth century Roger Savage; Part III. National Traditions (Outside Italy): 10. Opera in France c. 1640–c. 1710 Laura Naudeix; 11. Song and declamation in French opera Jacqueline Weber; 12. Opera in England Amanda Eubanks Winkler; 13. The development of opera in German Michael Maul; 14. Opera in Spain and the Spanish dominions in Italy and the Americas Louise K. Stein; Bibliography; Index.
Jacqueline Waeber is Associate Professor of Music at Duke University, North Carolina. As a musicologist, her research focuses on French musical culture, from the Baroque Era to early twentieth century. She is the editor of Musique et Geste en France de Lully à la Révolution (2009) and author of En musique dans le texte: Le mélodrame, de Rousseau à Schoenberg (2006).
