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Emma di Resburgo
Melodramma eroico in due atti; Poesìa di Gaetano Rossi Musica di Giacomo Meyerbeer
A tale of dynastic rivalry, kidnap, and usurpation in a wild Scotland, Emma di Resburgo established Meyerbeer's reputation in Italy. This milestone of Romantic opera blends the Rossinian idiom with the composer's own technical mastery and rich invention.
A tale of dynastic rivalry, kidnap, and usurpation in a wild Scotland, Emma di Resburgo established Meyerbeer’s reputation in Italy. This milestone of Romantic opera blends the Rossinian idiom with the composer’s own technical mastery and rich invention.
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Cesare Pugni
Esmeralda and Le Violon du diable
Prolific 19th-century composer Cesare Pugni worked with the era’s greatest choreographers to create renowned ballets. His works include Esmeralda, based on Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris, and Le Violon du diable, a tale of a violinist given irresistible power.
Prolific 19th-century composer Cesare Pugni worked with the era’s greatest choreographers to create renowned ballets. His works include Esmeralda, based on Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris, and Le Violon du diable, a tale of a violinist given irresistible power.
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Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
La Circassienne
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, a celebrated name in 19th-century French opera, collaborated with librettist Eugène Scribe on La Circassienne. This satirical opéra-comique tells of a Russian officer disguised as a woman who is wooed by his general.
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, a celebrated name in 19th-century French opera, collaborated with librettist Eugène Scribe on La Circassienne. This satirical opéra-comique tells of a Russian officer disguised as a woman who is wooed by his general.
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Seeing in Spanish
From Don Quixote to Daddy Yankee—22 Essays on Hispanic Visual Cultures
Seeing in Spanish explores visual cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. From Don Quixote to Daddy Yankee, these essays traverse centuries and continents, addressing film, photography, art, graffiti, and digital media from Europe, the Americas, and cyberspace.
Seeing in Spanish explores visual cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. From Don Quixote to Daddy Yankee, these essays traverse centuries and continents, addressing film, photography, art, graffiti, and digital media from Europe, the Americas, and cyberspace.
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Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Le Lac des fées
From 19th-century French composer Daniel Auber comes the forgotten opera *Le Lac des fées*. Based on the same tales that inspired Tchaikovsky’s *Swan Lake*, it tells of a student’s love for a fairy and may have influenced Richard Wagner.
From 19th-century French composer Daniel Auber comes the forgotten opera *Le Lac des fées*. Based on the same tales that inspired Tchaikovsky’s *Swan Lake*, it tells of a student’s love for a fairy and may have influenced Richard Wagner.
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Local and Global Understandings of Creativities
Multipart Music Making and the Construction of Ideas, Contexts and Contents
Focusing on creators rather than the object, this volume explores the "polyphony of voices" in music making. Based on fieldwork, it examines how musicians balance personal goals with group cohesion in diverse secular and religious traditions.
Focusing on creators rather than the object, this volume explores the “polyphony of voices” in music making. Based on fieldwork, it examines how musicians balance personal goals with group cohesion in diverse secular and religious traditions.
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Cesare Pugni
DOCH’ FARAONA La Fille du Pharaon/Pharaoh’s Daughter
An opium dream in an ancient tomb hurls an English Lord into the past. He must save the Pharaoh’s daughter from a rival king and journey through a land of myth and wonder. But can their love survive the harsh light of dawn?
An opium dream in an ancient tomb hurls an English Lord into the past. He must save the Pharaoh’s daughter from a rival king and journey through a land of myth and wonder. But can their love survive the harsh light of dawn?
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Musical Islands
Exploring Connections between Music, Place and Research
Islands are imagined as unique places where unexpected treasures can be found. This collection applies this powerful metaphor to musicology, showcasing innovative research from Australia and New Zealand in both established and uncharted territories.
Islands are imagined as unique places where unexpected treasures can be found. This collection applies this powerful metaphor to musicology, showcasing innovative research from Australia and New Zealand in both established and uncharted territories.
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Ludwig Minkus, Don Quixote
Ballet in Three Acts, Six Scenes and a Prologue by Marius Petipa; revised by Alexander Gorsky and Rostislav Zakharov (the Moscow Version)
Minkus & Petipa’s Don Quixote is one of the most enduring creations of 19th-century Russian ballet. Based on Cervantes’s novel, it tells the love story of Kitri and Basilio with musical buoyancy and melodic verve that have made it a global favorite.
Minkus & Petipa’s Don Quixote is one of the most enduring creations of 19th-century Russian ballet. Based on Cervantes’s novel, it tells the love story of Kitri and Basilio with musical buoyancy and melodic verve that have made it a global favorite.
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An Anthology of French and Francophone Singers, from A to Z, 2nd Edition
Singin' in French
This richly illustrated mini-dictionary offers portraits of the greatest singers of the French language. Discover how classic and contemporary artists have constructed the musical landscape, influenced the French language, and nourished our collective imagination.
This richly illustrated mini-dictionary offers portraits of the greatest singers of the French language. Discover how classic and contemporary artists have constructed the musical landscape, influenced the French language, and nourished our collective imagination.
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Form and Process in Music, 1300-2014
An Analytic Sampler
Drawing together papers delivered at the 2014 meeting of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis, this volume explores a wide range of musical cultures, and reflects a strong emphasis on understanding the forms and processes of music through analysis.
Drawing together papers delivered at the 2014 meeting of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis, this volume explores a wide range of musical cultures, and reflects a strong emphasis on understanding the forms and processes of music through analysis.
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Musical Receptions of Greek Antiquity
From the Romantic Era to Modernism
This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of music’s interaction with ancient Greek culture since the nineteenth century, through scrutiny of various cases, from the Romantic era to experimentations of the twentieth century.
This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of music’s interaction with ancient Greek culture since the nineteenth century, through scrutiny of various cases, from the Romantic era to experimentations of the twentieth century.
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The Virtuoso as Subject
The Reception of Instrumental Virtuosity, c. 1815–c. 1850
Cvejić provides a novel interpretation of the sudden and steep decline of instrumental virtuosity in its critical reception during the nineteenth century, documenting it with a large number of examples from Europe’s leading music periodicals at the time.
Cvejić provides a novel interpretation of the sudden and steep decline of instrumental virtuosity in its critical reception during the nineteenth century, documenting it with a large number of examples from Europe’s leading music periodicals at the time.
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Yakupov summarises the communicative processes encompassing the creation, interpretation, perception, and evaluation of the various phenomena of musical art. He considers the numerous communicative links in the spheres of the composer, performer, listener and musicologist-critic.
Yakupov summarises the communicative processes encompassing the creation, interpretation, perception, and evaluation of the various phenomena of musical art. He considers the numerous communicative links in the spheres of the composer, performer, listener and musicologist-critic.
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This volume explores Roberto Gerhard’s work from the early Wind Quintet through to the late period Metamorphoses. It suggests evidence that situates his idiosyncratic experiments alongside, rather than after, the total serialist works of his European counterparts.
This volume explores Roberto Gerhard’s work from the early Wind Quintet through to the late period Metamorphoses. It suggests evidence that situates his idiosyncratic experiments alongside, rather than after, the total serialist works of his European counterparts.
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Experiencing Rhythm
Contemporary Malagasy Music and Identity
What is the common rhythmical base that unites the diverse musical styles of Madagascar? Musician and researcher Jenny Fuhr explores this claim through intense involvement in music-making, challenging prevalent Western perspectives on music.
What is the common rhythmical base that unites the diverse musical styles of Madagascar? Musician and researcher Jenny Fuhr explores this claim through intense involvement in music-making, challenging prevalent Western perspectives on music.
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Philosophical Considerations on Contemporary Music
Sounding Constellations
Fronzi describes how complexity in music of the 20th and 21st centuries can be tackled philosophically, starting from certain characteristics. He identifies nine characteristics that permit us to open up philosophical-cultural paths and interpret contemporary music developments.
Fronzi describes how complexity in music of the 20th and 21st centuries can be tackled philosophically, starting from certain characteristics. He identifies nine characteristics that permit us to open up philosophical-cultural paths and interpret contemporary music developments.
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The Lute in the Netherlands in the Seventeenth Century
Proceedings of the International Lute Symposium Utrecht, 30 August 2013
The articles brought together here provide a broad and many-layered overview of the significance of the lute in the seventeenth century Netherlands, highlighting its central role in the rich musical culture of the ‘Golden Age’ of the Dutch Republic.
The articles brought together here provide a broad and many-layered overview of the significance of the lute in the seventeenth century Netherlands, highlighting its central role in the rich musical culture of the ‘Golden Age’ of the Dutch Republic.
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The Distin Legacy
The Rise of the Brass Band in 19th-Century Britain
While the relevance of the Distin Family to the brass band movement is known, extensive new research reveals their true impact. This book examines the Distin projects as the main reason why today's brass bands are established in their current form.
While the relevance of the Distin Family to the brass band movement is known, extensive new research reveals their true impact. This book examines the Distin projects as the main reason why today’s brass bands are established in their current form.
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Il Crociato in Egitto
Melodramma eroico in due atti
This book reproduces the vocal score of Meyerbeer’s opera Il Crociato in Egitto, a work standing between epochs. The antagonism between Crusaders and Egyptians is depicted as a confrontation between cultures, blending traditional virtuosity with modern dramaturgy.
This book reproduces the vocal score of Meyerbeer’s opera Il Crociato in Egitto, a work standing between epochs. The antagonism between Crusaders and Egyptians is depicted as a confrontation between cultures, blending traditional virtuosity with modern dramaturgy.
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