The singing Turk : Ottoman power and operatic emotions on the European stage from the siege of Vienn...
The singing Turk : Ottoman power and operatic emotions on the European stage from the siege of Vienn...
The singing Turk : Ottoman power and operatic emotions on the European stage from the siege of Vienna to the age of Napoleon / Larry Wolff.
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Publisher
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016.
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G 2018/0604
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 490 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : operatic representation and the Triplex Confinium -- The captive sultan : operatic transfigurations of the Ottoman menace after the siege of Vienna -- The generous Turk : captive Christians and operatic comedy in Paris -- The triumphant sultana : Suleiman and his operatic harem -- The...
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Publisher
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
While European powers were at war with the Ottoman Empire for much of the eighteenth century, European opera houses were staging operas featuring singing sultans and pashas surrounded by their musical courts and harems. Mozart wrote The Abduction from the Seraglio. Rossini created a series of works, including The Italian Girl in Algiers. And these...
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The singing Turk : Ottoman power and operatic emotions on the European stage from the siege of Vienna to the age of Napoleon / Larry Wolff.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/0604
Record Identifier
74VKVG45JEAg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVG45JEAg
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ISBN
0804795770
9780804795777 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
782.1094
MMS ID
991024155715402626
