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Masque and opera in England, 1656-1688 / Andrew R. Walkling.

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Walkling, Andrew R [aut]

Språk: Engelska Serie: Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in operaUtgivning: London : Routledge, 2019Utgåva: First paperback issueBeskrivning: xxi, 353 sidor illustrationerInnehållstyp:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780367229504

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DDK-klassifikation:

782.1094209032 23/swe

Sammanfattning: Masque and Opera in England, 1656-1688 presents a comprehensive study of the development of court masque and through-composed opera in England from the mid-1650s to the Revolution of 1688-89. In seeking to address the problem of generic categorization within a highly fragmentary corpus for which a limited amount of documentation survives, Walkling argues that our understanding of the distinctions between masque and opera must be premised upon a thorough knowledge of theatrical context and performance circumstances. Using extensive archival and literary evidence, detailed textual readings, rigorous tabular analysis, and meticulous collation of bibliographical and musical sources, this interdisciplinary study offers a host of new insights into a body of work that has long been of interest to musicologists, theatre historians, literary scholars and historians of Restoration court and political culture, but which has hitherto been imperfectly understood

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Musik- och teaterbiblioteket Magasin A	B32.549		Available		26201859128

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Masque and Opera in England, 1656-1688 presents a comprehensive study of the development of court masque and through-composed opera in England from the mid-1650s to the Revolution of 1688-89. In seeking to address the problem of generic categorization within a highly fragmentary corpus for which a limited amount of documentation survives, Walkling argues that our understanding of the distinctions between masque and opera must be premised upon a thorough knowledge of theatrical context and performance circumstances. Using extensive archival and literary evidence, detailed textual readings, rigorous tabular analysis, and meticulous collation of bibliographical and musical sources, this interdisciplinary study offers a host of new insights into a body of work that has long been of interest to musicologists, theatre historians, literary scholars and historians of Restoration court and political culture, but which has hitherto been imperfectly understood