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This book is the first translation into the English language of a comprehensive study of opera and its constituent parts by an accomplished writer of the eighteenth century. Francesco Algarotti was concerned with developing opera as drama and a move away from the elaborate formality of the Baroque to a more naturalistic style. The Essay in its original Italian had considerable influence on the reform opera of Christoph Willibald Gluck.



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Contents: An Essay on the Opera: Edition of 1755 – An Essay on the Opera: Edition of 1763 – Of the form, argument or business of an opera – On the musical composition for operas – On the recitative and singing in operas – On the dances – On scenery, dress, etc. – On the structure of theatres – Aeneas in Troy – Iphigenia in Aulis.

FRANCESCO ALGAROTTI: AN ESSAY ON THE OPERA

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      Publisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
      Publication Date: 11/11/2021
      ISBN13: 9781800795051, 978-1800795051
      ISBN10: 180079505X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book is the first translation into the English language of a comprehensive study of opera and its constituent parts by an accomplished writer of the eighteenth century. Francesco Algarotti was concerned with developing opera as drama and a move away from the elaborate formality of the Baroque to a more naturalistic style. The Essay in its original Italian had considerable influence on the reform opera of Christoph Willibald Gluck.



      Table of Contents

      Contents: An Essay on the Opera: Edition of 1755 – An Essay on the Opera: Edition of 1763 – Of the form, argument or business of an opera – On the musical composition for operas – On the recitative and singing in operas – On the dances – On scenery, dress, etc. – On the structure of theatres – Aeneas in Troy – Iphigenia in Aulis.

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