Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Building the Operatic Museum
William Gibbons
€ 97.32
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Building the Operatic Museum
Hardcover.
The pathbreaking revival in Paris ca. 1900 of long-neglected operas by Mozart, Gluck, and Rameau -- and what this meant to French audiences, critics, and composers. Focusing on the operas of Mozart, Gluck, and Rameau, Building the Operatic Museum examines the role that eighteenth-century works played in the opera houses of Paris around the turn of the twentieth century. These works, mostly neglected during the nineteenth century, became the main exhibits in what William Gibbons calls the Operatic Museum -- a physical and conceptual space in which great masterworks from the past and present could, like works ofvisual art ... Read more
The pathbreaking revival in Paris ca. 1900 of long-neglected operas by Mozart, Gluck, and Rameau -- and what this meant to French audiences, critics, and composers. Focusing on the operas of Mozart, Gluck, and Rameau, Building the Operatic Museum examines the role that eighteenth-century works played in the opera houses of Paris around the turn of the twentieth century. These works, mostly neglected during the nineteenth century, became the main exhibits in what William Gibbons calls the Operatic Museum -- a physical and conceptual space in which great masterworks from the past and present could, like works ofvisual art ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580464000
SKU
V9781580464000
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
Reviews for Building the Operatic Museum
Gibbons synthesizes much recent literature on such topics as French musical nationalism and the reception of early music in the nineteenth century, and analyzes these cultural trends in a manner that is [extensively] documented, rich in insight, clear, and highly readable. The book is a model of skillful argument and of expertise in organizing a subject that could easily overflow; ... Read more