Opera and the culture of fascism / Jeremy Tambling.
Opera and the culture of fascism / Jeremy Tambling.
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Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N782.1094/5
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English
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274 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Opera and the Culture of Fascism -- Pt. I. Opera Beyond Good and Evil. 1. The Sorrows of Richard Wagner -- Pt. II. The Modernization of Italian Opera. 2. Verdi and Imperialism: Otello. 3. The Laughter of Falstaff: Comedy and Italian Politics. 4. Puccini and the Swish of Tosca's Skirts....
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Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1996.
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"Resisting the cliches about Wagner's or Strauss's relationship to the Third Reich, Tambling takes opera out of the hermetically sealed state in which it is normally discussed, and presents it as both complicit in, and in opposition to, the reactionary and regressive pressures that made up the 'culture of fascism', and those that tried to make oper...
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Opera and the culture of fascism / Jeremy Tambling.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-267) and index.
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N782.1094/5
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74Vvrk5q4V3g
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0198165668 (acid-free paper)
9780198165668 (acid-free paper)
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782.1094
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991011414649702626
