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Book Puccini   s La fanciulla del West and American Musical Identity

Download or read book Puccini s La fanciulla del West and American Musical Identity written by Kathryn M. Fenton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 10 December 1910, Giacomo Puccini’s seventh opera, La fanciulla del West, had its premiere before a sold-out audience at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House. The performance was the Metropolitan Opera Company’s first world premiere by any composer. By all accounts, the premiere was an unambiguous success and the event itself recognized as a major moment in New York cultural history. The initial public opinion matched Puccini’s own evaluation of his opera. He called it "the best he had ever written" and expected it to become as popular as La Bohème. Yet the music reviews tell a different story. Marked by ambivalence, the reviews expose the New York City critics’ struggle to reconcile the opera they expected to see with the one they actually saw, and the opera itself became embroiled in controversy over the essence of musical Americanness and the nativist perception that a uniquely American national opera tradition continued to elude both American- and foreign-born opera composers. This book seeks to account for the differences between Puccini’s own assessments of the opera and those of its first audience. Offering transcriptions of the central reviews and of letters unavailable elsewhere, the book provides a historically informed understanding of La fanciulla del West and the reception of this European work as it intersected with both opera production and consumption in the United States and with the process of American musical identity formation during the very period that Americans actively sought to eradicate European cultural influences. As such, it offers a window into the development of nativism and "cosmopolitan nationalism" in New York City’s musical life during the first decade of the twentieth century.

Book Bulletin of the New York Public Library

Download or read book Bulletin of the New York Public Library written by New York Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes its Report, 1896-19 .

Book A Hundred Years of Grand Opera in New York  1825 1925

Download or read book A Hundred Years of Grand Opera in New York 1825 1925 written by Julius Mattfeld and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Jacques Copeau s Theatre School

Download or read book Jacques Copeau s Theatre School written by Barbara Broomhall Kusler and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library  1911 1971

Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library 1911 1971 written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of the Theatre and Drama Collections

Download or read book Catalog of the Theatre and Drama Collections written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 934 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary Catalog of the Music Collection

Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Music Collection written by New York Public Library. Reference Department and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The National Union Catalog  Pre 1956 Imprints

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Musical America

Download or read book Musical America written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Musical Leader

Download or read book The Musical Leader written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Music News

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  • Release : 1926
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  • Pages : 1184 pages

Download or read book Music News written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The World Review

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  • Release : 1927
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  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book The World Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Musician

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  • Release : 1931
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  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book The Musician written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Musical Digest

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  • Release : 1925
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  • Pages : 628 pages

Download or read book Musical Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Metropolitan Opera

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  • Release : 1925
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  • Pages : 24 pages

Download or read book The Metropolitan Opera written by Otto Hermann Kahn and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Musical Courier and Review of Recorded Music

Download or read book Musical Courier and Review of Recorded Music written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: