Name: What Opera Means
Brand: Wiley
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This book mounts a searching enquiry into the elusive character of opera. The author argues that any work of art can be grasped primarily through its constellation of Platonic ideas, or "categories", several of which he explores in light of a new definition of the art-form. He elaborates each category with case-studies rooted in the time, place and circumstance of an opera's origin: most of these are adaptations of previously-published essays, though some draw on talks for universities, opera houses and the BBC. Although he looks back to the infancy of opera, he concentrates on later, more familiar repertory - principally Wagner, Verdi, Strauss and Britten. Case-studies included under "Psychology" reveal his long-standing involvement with psychoanalysis, and those under "Performance" reinforce his view of opera as a branch of rhetoric. As the first of a two-volume project, What Opera Means deals with categories accessible to all: of fifty entries, only two require basic musical knowledge (the second volume will be for specialists). The book is thus suitable for the general reader, as well as for college courses.

Артикул

3416631

Издательство

Wiley

Тип обложки

мягкая обложка

Автор

Wintle Christopher

Год

2018

Страниц

288

Томов

Размеры

235x155x23 мм

Вес

308 гр.

Импортер

ООО «Абрис-Бел». 220112, РБ, г. Минск, ул. Cырокомли 7-167