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The Cambridge companion to opera studies / edited by Nicholas Till. [electronic resource]

The Cambridge companion to opera studies / edited by Ni...

The Cambridge companion to opera studies / edited by Nicholas Till. [electronic resource]

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The Cambridge companion to opera studies / edited by Nicholas Till. [electronic resource]

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Full title

The Cambridge companion to opera studies / edited by Nicholas Till. [electronic resource]

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Uniform title

Cambridge companions online.

Alternative title

BOOK

Record Identifier

74VKVw6E3zWd

MMS ID

991023962527702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (xi, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Contents

Opera, the state and society / Thomas Ertman -- The business of opera / Nicholas Payne -- The operatic event: opera and opera audiences / Nicholas Till -- 'Too much music': the media of opera / Christopher Morris -- Voices and singers / Susan Rutherford -- Opera and modes of theatrical production /...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2012.

Subjects

Subjects and topics

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Scope and Contents

Summary

With its powerful combination of music and theatre, opera is one of the most complex and yet immediate of all art forms. Once opera was studied only as 'a stepchild of musicology', but in the past two decades opera studies have experienced an explosion of energy with the introduction of new approaches drawn from disciplines such as social anthropol...

Alternative Titles

Full title

The Cambridge companion to opera studies / edited by Nicholas Till. [electronic resource]

Variant title

Cambridge companions online.

BOOK

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Cambridge companions to music

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

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Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

74VKVw6E3zWd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVw6E3zWd

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ISBN

1-139-02497-3

DDC

782.1

MMS ID

991023962527702626

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