Opera & Its Symbols
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| About/Subject | Opera |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Copyright | 1990 |
| Pages / Font | 248 pages |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 89-39530 |
| ISBN 10 | 0-300-05661-3 |
| Barcode (EAN) | 9 780300 056617 |
| Chapters | List of Illustrations Acknowledgements PART ONE: PRINCIPLES Introduction 1) A Totality of Symbols 2) Words, Music, Staging 3) Compatibility on Stage Part Two: Practice 4) The Start of Opera 5) Monteverdi 6) The Age of Reason 7) The Enlightenment 8) A Masonic Vision 9) The Romantic Movement 10) Verdi 11) Early Wagner 12) Wagner's Ring 13) Further Wagner 14) The Last of Wagner 15) Realism 16) Strauss 17) The Twentieth Century Conclusion Appendix: Musical Examples from Wagner's Ring Notes References Index |
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