Jacques Offenbach and the making of modern culture
Provides a fresh and global perspective on the works and influence of a nineteenth-century musical and theatrical phenomenon
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2017
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| Schlagworte: | Opera |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (372 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Provides a fresh and global perspective on the works and influence of a nineteenth-century musical and theatrical phenomenon "Cover" -- "Half-title" -- "Frontispiece" -- "Title page" -- "Copyright information" -- "Dedication" -- "Table of contents" -- "List of Illustrations" -- "Foreword and Acknowledgments" -- "Introduction" -- "1 The French Connection" -- "The Outsider" -- "Orpheus Unbound" -- "Interval" -- "Annus Mirabilis" -- "No, No, Nana" -- "The Exposition Tetralogy" -- "Latter Days" -- "Lost in Space" -- "The Last Act" -- "The Revolutionary" -- "2 Wagner, Nietzsche, and the Polemics of Opera" -- "The Roots of Undying Hatred" -- "Across the Rhine" -- "Jews in Music" -- "The Matter of Internationalism" -- "A Pin to Puncture a Balloon" -- "Nietzsche Takes Up the Challenge" -- "Earnest Intensity vs. the Pleasure Principle" -- "Mistaking Sunrise for High Noon" -- "3 Tales from the Vienna Stage" -- "According to Nestroy" -- "Passing on the Torch" -- "4 Against the Victorian Grain" -- "G & S" -- "Divas on the Road" -- "Refinements" -- "5 The Discovery of America" -- "A Welcome Immigrant" -- "The Pan of Pruriency" -- "A Personal Appearance" -- "An American Beauty" -- "A Martial Coda" -- "6 Caviar with the Champagne" -- "Franco-Russian Relations" -- "Chekhovian" -- "La belle Yelena" -- "7 Doing the Continental" -- "Border Crossings" -- "Principalities and Powers" -- "âIl conquera parce quâil est espagnolâ" -- "A Portuguese Welcome" -- "8 South of the Equator, East of Suez" -- "Latin America" -- "Egyptian Nights" -- "Australia" -- "Japan" -- "9 A Max Reinhardt Production" -- "An Antidote to Wagner" -- "The Magician" -- "Helen Triumphant" -- "Death in Venice" -- "La vie hitlerienne" -- "10 Red Stars" -- "A Dying Fall" -- "Meet Comrade Offenbach" -- "A Five-Year Plan for Helen of Troy" -- "The Paris-Petrograd Express" -- "11 French without Tears" -- "Civilization and Its Discontents" -- "Black and White" -- "A Symphonic Interlude" -- "Invitation to the Waltz "A National Treasure" -- "12 English As She Is Spoke" -- "Urban Planning" -- "Helenâs Abduction to London" -- "An Aquatic Interlude" -- "Broadway Bound" -- "13 Rebirth from the Ruins" -- "The De-Nazification of Comic Opera" -- "Bluebeardâs Castle" -- "14 Conclusion: Taking Offenbach Seriously" -- "Hoffmann of 1,000 Faces" -- "Taking Comic Opera Seriously" -- "The Wandering Jew" -- "Select Bibliography" -- "Periodicals" -- "Books and Articles" -- "General Reference" -- "Works on Offenbach" -- "Individual Works of Offenbach" -- "Works on Opera, Opera Bouffe, Operetta, and Light Opera" -- "France" -- "German-Speaking World" -- "United Kingdom" -- "North America" -- "Russia" -- "Elsewhere |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (372 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781108327442 1108327443 9780521871808 0521871808 |