Center stage : operatic culture and nation building in nineteenth-century Central Europe

Center stage operatic culture and nation building in nineteenth-century Central Europe

"Grand palaces of culture, opera theaters marked the center of European cities like the cathedrals of the Middle Ages. As opera cast its spell, almost every European city and society aspired to have its own opera house, and dozens of new theaters were constructed in the course of the "long...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ther, Philipp, author (author), Hughes-Kreutzmuller, Charlotte, translator (translator)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press 2014.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Central European studies.
Materias:
Opera > Social aspects > Germany > Dresden > 19th century.
Opera > Social aspects > Germany > Dresden > 20th century.
Opera > Social aspects > Ukraine > L'viv > 19th century.
Opera > Social aspects > Ukraine > L'viv > 20th century.
Opera > Social aspects > Czech Republic > Prague > 19th century.
Opera > Social aspects > Czech Republic > Prague > 20th century.
Nationalism in music.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009740939706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Illustrations
  • Foreword
  • Part One
  • Introduction
  • Part Two: The Royal Theater in Dresden
  • 1. Organization and Control of the Royal Theater
  • 2. Constructing National Culture
  • 3. Europeanization and Musical Modernism
  • Part Three: The Polish Theater in Lemberg
  • 4. Social Foundations
  • 5. Provincial Opera
  • Part Four: The Czech National Theater in Prague
  • 6. Launching the National Theater Project
  • 7. A Theater for All Classes
  • 8. The Opera Nation
  • Part Five: Comparison, Cultural Transfers, and Networks
  • 9. Opera and Society
  • 10. Nationalizing Opera
  • 11. Cultural Exchanges and Europeanization
  • Bibliography and Sources
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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