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Gerhard explores the origins of grand opera, arguing that its aesthetic innovations reflected not bourgeois tastes, but changes in daily life and psychological outlook produced by the rapid urbanization of Paris. The text explores eight operas composed by Verdi and Rossini, for example.

The Urbanization of Opera Music Theater in Paris

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    A Paperback / softback by Anselm Gerhard, Mary Whittall

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/06/2000
      ISBN13: 9780226288581, 978-0226288581
      ISBN10: 0226288587

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      Book Synopsis
      Gerhard explores the origins of grand opera, arguing that its aesthetic innovations reflected not bourgeois tastes, but changes in daily life and psychological outlook produced by the rapid urbanization of Paris. The text explores eight operas composed by Verdi and Rossini, for example.

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