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Anselm Gerhard argues in this text that questions such as "why do so many operas end in suicide, murder, and death?" can only be answered by looking at life in the rapidly urbanized mid-19th-century Paris, which introduced new social forces, and also new modes of perception and expectations of art.

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Preface to the English-Language Edition Acknowledgments Chronology Introduction Ch. 1: Realities of a Metropolis Ch. 2: Victor-Joseph Etienne de Jouy, a Hermit in the City Ch. 3: Rossini and the Revolution Ch. 4: Eugene Scribe, an Apolitical Man of Letters Ch. 5: Meyerbeer and the Happy Medium Ch. 6: Victor Hugo, the Illustrious Poet as Librettist Ch. 7: Meyerbeer and Reaction Ch. 8: The Composer as Librettist Ch. 9: Verdi and an Institutional Crisis Ch. 10: The International View Ch. 11: Verdi and Interior Space Bibliography Index of Titles of Operas and Plays Index of Names

The Urbanization of Opera Music Theater in Paris

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/08/1998
      ISBN13: 9780226288574, 978-0226288574
      ISBN10: 0226288579
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Anselm Gerhard argues in this text that questions such as "why do so many operas end in suicide, murder, and death?" can only be answered by looking at life in the rapidly urbanized mid-19th-century Paris, which introduced new social forces, and also new modes of perception and expectations of art.

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the English-Language Edition Acknowledgments Chronology Introduction Ch. 1: Realities of a Metropolis Ch. 2: Victor-Joseph Etienne de Jouy, a Hermit in the City Ch. 3: Rossini and the Revolution Ch. 4: Eugene Scribe, an Apolitical Man of Letters Ch. 5: Meyerbeer and the Happy Medium Ch. 6: Victor Hugo, the Illustrious Poet as Librettist Ch. 7: Meyerbeer and Reaction Ch. 8: The Composer as Librettist Ch. 9: Verdi and an Institutional Crisis Ch. 10: The International View Ch. 11: Verdi and Interior Space Bibliography Index of Titles of Operas and Plays Index of Names

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