A History of Opera: The Last Four Hundred Years by Carolyn Abbate, Roger Parker (Paperback, 2015)

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The first full new history of opera in sixty years, now in paperback in an updated second editionWhy has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries?. by Carolyn Abbate, Roger Parker. Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries?.

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Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their scrupulous and provocative retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the means by which it communicates, and its societal role. Abbate and Parker's A History of Opera is the first full new history of opera in sixty years - now in paperback in an updated second edition 'The best single volume ever written on the subject' The Times Literary Supplement Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their scrupulous and provocative retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the means by which it communicates, and its societal role. In a new revision with an expanded examination of opera as an institution in the twenty-first century this book explores the tensions that have sustained opera over 400 years- between words and music, character and singer, inattention and absorption. Abbate and Parker argue that, though the genre's most popular and enduring works were almost all written in a distant European past, opera continues to transform the viewer with its enduring power. %%%Abbate and Parker's A History of Opera is the first full new history of opera in sixty years - now in paperback in an updated second edition 'The best single volume ever written on the subject' The Times Literary Supplement Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? Carolyn Abbate and Roger Parker answer this question in their scrupulous and provocative retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the means by which it communicates, and its societal role. In a new revision with an expanded examination of opera as an institution in the twenty-first century this book explores the tensions that have sustained opera over 400 years- between words and music, character and singer, inattention and absorption. Abbate and Parker argue that, though the genre's most popular and enduring works were almost all written in a distant European past, opera continues to transform the viewer with its enduring power.

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PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141009018
eBay Product ID (ePID)213422289

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Book TitleA History of Opera: the Last Four Hundred Years
AuthorCarolyn Abbate, Roger Parker
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicMusic
Publication Year2015
Number of Pages656 Pages

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Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Item Weight484g

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Title_AuthorRoger Parker, Carolyn Abbate
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

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