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Description for Grand Opera
Hardback. Num Pages: 333 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Employing a remarkable combination of expertise in music, opera, and psychological insight, Eric Plaut explores the great operas and their composers from the time of the French Revolution to the onset of the First World War. He sees opera as the preeminent medium for expressing human willfulness, its characters driven by emotions of passionate intensity. The great composers of opera were also governed by their feelings and heavily influenced by the life of their time. Weaving together these social, psychological, and historical strains, Dr. Plaut investigates the meaning behind eighteen of the greatest operas, including Tristan and Isolde, Madame Butterfly, ... Read more
Employing a remarkable combination of expertise in music, opera, and psychological insight, Eric Plaut explores the great operas and their composers from the time of the French Revolution to the onset of the First World War. He sees opera as the preeminent medium for expressing human willfulness, its characters driven by emotions of passionate intensity. The great composers of opera were also governed by their feelings and heavily influenced by the life of their time. Weaving together these social, psychological, and historical strains, Dr. Plaut investigates the meaning behind eighteen of the greatest operas, including Tristan and Isolde, Madame Butterfly, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
333
Condition
New
Number of Pages
333
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566630344
SKU
V9781566630344
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99-15
About Eric A. Plaut
Dr. Eric Plaut is a practicing psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Northwestern University Medical School. He has been writing on the psychological aspects of opera since 1986.
Reviews for Grand Opera
Completely absorbing...an eminently readable book that flows.
Ilana Bar-Levav
Contemporary Psychology
Extremely timely...Plaut explores the psychological backgrounds of composers with tight precision.
Jon Anderson
Chicago Tribune
A fascinating book for anyone who loves opera.
Ardis Krainik, general director, Lyric Opera of Chicago
The New York Times
Ilana Bar-Levav
Contemporary Psychology
Extremely timely...Plaut explores the psychological backgrounds of composers with tight precision.
Jon Anderson
Chicago Tribune
A fascinating book for anyone who loves opera.
Ardis Krainik, general director, Lyric Opera of Chicago
The New York Times