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005			20251028093324.0
008			120803s2012 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2012031546
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780393057218
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dIG# _dBTCTA _dBDX _dYDXCP _dOCLCO _dTDF _dABG _dBWX _dILC _dTXA _dYBM _dLMR _dOCLCF _dYHM _dAHS _dP4I _dOCLCQ _dVF$
019			_a820522424
020			_a9780393057218 (hbk.)
020			_a0393057216
035			_a(OCoLC)783162474 _z(OCoLC)820522424
050	0	0	_aML 1700 _b.A22 2012
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100	1		_aAbbate, Carolyn.
245	1	2	_aA history of opera / _cCarolyn Abbate and Roger Parker.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bW.W. Norton, _c2012.
300			_axix, 603 pages, [24] pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 568-578) and index.
520			_aA bold, engaging exploration of opera's fundamental nature and enduring appeal, from the sixteenth century to the present. There are lively discussions of opera's social, political, and literary backgrounds, its economic circumstances, and the almost continual polemics that have accompanied its development through the centuries. The authors examine the problems that opera has faced in the last half century, when new works-- once opera's lifeblood-- have shrunk to a tiny minority and have largely failed to find a permanent place in the repertoire. Yet opera as an art form remains extraordinarily buoyant and challenging.
505	0		_aOpera's first centennial -- Opera seria -- Discipline -- Opera buffa and Mozart's line of beauty -- Singing and speaking before 1800 -- The German problem -- Rossini and transition -- The tenor comes of age -- Young Verdi -- Grand opera -- Young Wagner -- Op�era comique, the crucible -- Old Wagner -- Verdi -- older still -- Realism and clamour -- Turning point -- Modern -- Speech -- We are alone in the forest.
650		0	_aOpera _xHistory.
650		0	_aOpera.
700	1		_aParker, Roger, _d1951-
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