The Urbanization of Opera: Music Theater in Paris in the Nineteenth Century by Gerhard, Anselm - 1998

University of Chicago Press, August 1998. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good Dustjacket. DJ in mylar. Light shelfwear to DJ. Light shelfwear to covers. A few pages have a bent corner. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

University Of Chicago Press, 1998-08-15. Hardcover. Used: Good.

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University of Chicago Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0226288579 . Slight shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has some wear to the edges.; 6 X 1.5 X 9 inches; 526 pages .

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University of Chicago Press, 1998-08-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New. Why do so many operas end in suicide, murder, and death? Why do many characters in large-scale operas exhibit neurotic behaviours worthy of psychoanalysis? Why are the legendary "grands operas" so seldom performed today? Anselm Gerhard argues in this text that such questions can only be answered by recognizing that daily life in rapidly urbanized mid-19th-century Paris introduced not just new social forces, but also new modes of perception and expectations of art. He attempts to provide a realistic portrayal of life in a metropolic, librettists and composers of "grand opera" developed new forms and conventions, as well as new staging performance practices. For example, the "tableau", in which the chorus typically plays the role of a destructive mob. These larger urban and social concerns are brought to bear in Gerhard's discussions of eight operas, composed by Rossini, Auber, Meyebeer, Verdi, and Louise Bertin.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 1998. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 526 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches.