Valuing Nineteenth Century Italian Opera Fantasias For Woodwind Instruments

Author : Rachel N. Becker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2024
Category : Music
ISBN : 1032491825

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Valuing Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera Fantasias for Woodwind Instruments by Rachel N. Becker Pdf

"This book approaches opera fantasias - instrumental works that use themes from a single opera as the body of their virtuosic and flamboyant material - both historically and theoretically, concentrating on compositions for and by woodwind-instrument performers in Italy in the nineteenth century. Important overlapping strands include the concept of virtuosity and its gradual demonization, the strong gendered overtones of individual woodwind instruments and of virtuosity, the distinct Italian context of these fantasias, the presentation and alteration of opera narratives in opera fantasias, and the technical and social development of woodwind instruments. Like opera itself, the opera fantasia is a popular art form, stylistically predictable yet formally flexible, based heavily on past operatic tradition and prefabricated materials. Through archival research in Italy, theoretical analysis, and exploration of European cultural contexts, this book clarifies a genre that has been consciously stifled and societal resonances that still impact music reception and performance today"--

Author : Rachel N. Becker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781003854562

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Valuing Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera Fantasias for Woodwind Instruments by Rachel N. Becker Pdf

This book approaches opera fantasias – instrumental works that use themes from a single opera as the body of their virtuosic and flamboyant material – both historically and theoretically, concentrating on compositions for and by woodwind-instrument performers in Italy in the nineteenth century. Important overlapping strands include the concept of virtuosity and its gradual demonization, the strong gendered overtones of individual woodwind instruments and of virtuosity, the distinct Italian context of these fantasias, the presentation and alteration of opera narratives in opera fantasias, and the technical and social development of woodwind instruments. Like opera itself, the opera fantasia is a popular art form, stylistically predictable yet formally flexible, based heavily on past operatic tradition and prefabricated materials. Through archival research in Italy, theoretical analysis, and exploration of European cultural contexts, this book clarifies a genre that has been consciously stifled and societal resonances that still impact music reception and performance today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Electronic
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000136658

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Illustrated Times by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Trippett,Benjamin Walton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107111257

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Nineteenth-Century Opera and the Scientific Imagination by David Trippett,Benjamin Walton Pdf

Explores the rich and varied interactions between nineteenth-century science and the world of opera for the first time.

Author : Alessandra Campana
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107051898

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Opera and Modern Spectatorship in Late Nineteenth-Century Italy by Alessandra Campana Pdf

Alessandra Campana explores how operas and their stage manuals participated in the making of a modern public in late nineteenth-century Italy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Music
ISBN : HARVARD:32044043850098

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The Musical World by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Brass instruments
ISBN : UOM:39015057451786

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Historic Brass Society Newsletter by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richard Langham Smith,Clair Rowden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108481618

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Carmen Abroad by Richard Langham Smith,Clair Rowden Pdf

A transnational history of the performance, reception, translation, adaptation and appropriation of Bizet's Carmen from 1875 to 1945. This volume explores how Bizet's opera swiftly travelled the globe, and how the story, the music, the staging and the singers appealed to audiences in diverse contexts.

Author : Trevor Herbert,Arnold Myers,John Wallace
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 1316631850

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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Brass Instruments by Trevor Herbert,Arnold Myers,John Wallace Pdf

Some thirty-two experts from fifteen countries join three of the world's leading authorities on the design, manufacture, performance and history of brass musical instruments in this first major encyclopedia on the subject. It includes over one hundred illustrations, and gives attention to every brass instrument which has been regularly used, with information about the way they are played, the uses to which they have been put, and the importance they have had in classical music, sacred rituals, popular music, jazz, brass bands and the bands of the military. There are specialist entries covering every inhabited region of the globe and essays on the methods that experts have used to study and understand brass instruments. The encyclopedia spans the entire period from antiquity to modern times, with new and unfamiliar material that takes advantage of the latest research. From Abblasen to Zorsi Trombetta da Modon, this is the definitive guide for students, academics, musicians and music lovers.

Author : Jeanice Brooks,Matthew Stephens,Wiebke Thormählen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000473568

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Sound Heritage by Jeanice Brooks,Matthew Stephens,Wiebke Thormählen Pdf

Sound Heritage is the first study of music in the historic house museum, featuring contributions from both music and heritage scholars and professionals in a richly interdisciplinary approach to central issues. It examines how music materials can be used to create narratives about past inhabitants and their surroundings - including aspects of social and cultural life beyond the activity of music making itself - and explores how music as sound, material, and practice can be more consistently and engagingly integrated into the curation and interpretation of historic houses. The volume is structured around a selection of thematic chapters and a series of shorter case studies, each focusing on a specific house, object or project. Key themes include: Different types of historic house, including the case of the composer or musician house; what can be learned from museums and galleries about the use of sound and music and what may not transfer to the historic house setting Musical instruments as part of a wider collection; questions of restoration and public use; and the demands of particular collection types such as sheet music Musical objects and pieces of music as storytelling components, and the use of music to affectively colour narratives or experiences. This is a pioneering study that will appeal to all those interested in the intersection between Music and Museum and Heritage Studies. It will also be of interest to scholars and researchers of Music History, Popular Music, Performance Studies and Material Culture.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780744073850

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Music by DK Pdf

Produced in association with the Smithsonian and including images from The National Music Museum in South Dakota, Music: The Definitive Visual History guides readers through the progression of music since its prehistoric beginnings, discussing not just Western classical music, but music from all around the world. Telling the story of musical developments, era by era, linking musical theory, technology, and human genius into the narrative, Music: The Definitive Visual History profiles the lives of groundbreaking musicians from Mozart to Elvis, takes an in-depth look at the history and function of various instruments, and includes listening suggestions for each music style. Anyone with an interest in music will enjoy learning about the epic journey the art has taken over the years and will learn to appreciate music with a new ear.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11363652

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The Graphic by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000002702

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The Illustrated London News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Justin S. Vaughn,Jennifer Mercieca
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781623491215

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The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations by Justin S. Vaughn,Jennifer Mercieca Pdf

Campaign rhetoric helps candidates to get elected, but its effects last well beyond the counting of the ballots; this was perhaps never truer than in Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Did Obama create such high expectations that they actually hindered his ability to enact his agenda? Should we judge his performance by the scale of the expectations his rhetoric generated, or against some other standard? The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency grapples with these and other important questions. Barack Obama’s election seemed to many to fulfill Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of the “long arc of the moral universe . . . bending toward justice.” And after the terrorism, war, and economic downturn of the previous decade, candidate Obama’s rhetoric cast broad visions of a change in the direction of American life. In these and other ways, the election of 2008 presented an especially strong example of creating expectations that would shape the public’s views of the incoming administration. The public’s high expectations, in turn, become a part of any president’s burden upon assuming office. The interdisciplinary scholars who have contributed to this volume focus their analysis upon three kinds of presidential burdens: institutional burdens (specific to the office of the presidency); contextual burdens (specific to the historical moment within which the president assumes office); and personal burdens (specific to the individual who becomes president).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : English literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010166242

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The Academy by Anonim Pdf