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Shows how opera took root in the social and economic environment of seventeenth-century Venice and there developed the stylistic and aesthetic characteristics we recognize as opera. This book examines critically the literary and musical documentation left by the Venetian makers of opera. It explains the mechanics of the proliferation of opera.

Opera in SeventeenthCentury Venice The Creation

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 10/26/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520254268, 978-0520254268
      ISBN10: 0520254260
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      Book Synopsis
      Shows how opera took root in the social and economic environment of seventeenth-century Venice and there developed the stylistic and aesthetic characteristics we recognize as opera. This book examines critically the literary and musical documentation left by the Venetian makers of opera. It explains the mechanics of the proliferation of opera.

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