Nineteenth-century opera and the scientific imagination / edited by David Trippett, Benjamin Walton.
Nineteenth-century opera and the scientific imagination / edited by David Trippett, Benjamin Walton.
Nineteenth-century opera and the scientific imagination / edited by David Trippett, Benjamin Walton.
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/5933
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 381 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction : The laboratory and the stage / David Trippett and Benjamin Walton -- Part I. Voices. Pneumotypes : Jean de Reszke's high pianissimos and the occult sciences of breathing / James Q. Davies ; Vocal culture in the age of laryngoscopy / Benjamin Steege ; Operatic fantasies in early ninete...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Scientific thinking has long been linked to music theory and instrument making, yet the profound and often surprising intersections between the sciences and opera during the long nineteenth century are here explored for the first time. These touch on a wide variety of topics, including vocal physiology, theories of listening and sensory communicati...
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Nineteenth-century opera and the scientific imagination / edited by David Trippett, Benjamin Walton.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-374) and index.
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ebook version : 9781316996997
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©2019
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G 2019/5933
Record Identifier
74VKawMQqd7O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKawMQqd7O
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ISBN
1107111250
9781107111257 (alk. paper)
DDC
782.109034
MMS ID
991024282003202626
