Download or read book Modern Drama and Opera Vol 2 Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-23 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modern Drama and Opera, Vol. 2 The most significant phase of the development of the drama in the United States is the slow moving. Yet widespread group of movements toward the organiza tion of the theatre as a social force. We see three stages in the development of our social consciousness with reference to the drama. In the first stage. Covering the first century and more since the Revolution. Let us say. The American audience regarded the theatre as a palace of amusement and the drama a form Of literature commercialized to that end. There were. At times during this period. Manifestations of a submerged conscious ness of nationality in the United States; but an over whelming proportion of American dramatic entertain ments were transplanted from Great Britain and translated or adapted from French. And less frequently from other foreign. Playwrights. In the second stage. We may observe the actual beginnings of American dramatic art on a definite scale, and the development of the idea of the function of the drama in the life of America. Dramatists like Fitch. Thomas. Gillette. Moody. Mac Kaye. Walter came to give greater permanence to the sound beginnings of Heme and Howard. During this stage in development. There were many signs that the drama was coming to be recognized as a means of indi vidual culture. Comparable to that of any other form of literature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Richard Wagner s Prose Works Vol 2 written by Richard Wagner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Richard Wagner's Prose Works, Vol. 2: Opera and Drama By this time the literary longing was approaching a tangible shape, for on Sept. 20, 1850, Wagner writes again to Uhlig, and again after a reference to Sz'egfnied I am thinking of doing some literary work this autumn and winter. All generalities in art are, for the moment, repugnant to me no one understands them until his nose is driven into particulars. Now my particular work would be music, and, above all, opera. In any case, I will shortly send you rather a long article on modern opera, - about Rossini and Meyerbeer. This we may take to be the first unmis takable shadowing forth of Oper and Drama, although the title and magnitude of the eventual book are not yet within clear range of vision. Another point in this letter is the allusion in the very next sentence, already quoted in my preface to Volume i, to the receipt of a letter from Feuerbach, apparently accompanied by all that author's philosophical treatises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Opera and Drama Oper Und Drama Vol 2 of 2 written by Richard Wagner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Opera and Drama (Oper Und Drama), Vol. 2 of 2: 1. Opera and the Essence of Music; 2. The Stage-Play and Dramatical Poetic Art in the Abstract; 3. Poetry and Music in the Drama of the Future That the attack of absolute musical forms cannot be regarded as an advocacy of general formless ness must be evident to all who study, for example, Chapter VI of the present section; the fact being that Wagner's conception of unified dramatic form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Modern Drama and Opera V2 1915 written by and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book The Lyrical Drama Vol 2 written by Henry Sutherland Edwards and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Lyrical Drama, Vol. 2: Essays on Subjects, Composers,& Executants of Modern Opera The subject of Azda, which is tragic in the extreme, and which but for the bright and often splendid musical sur roundings given to it by Signor Verdi would be gloomy, is said to have been suggested by the Khedive himself. To the musician who first made his mark by an opera on the subject of Nebuchadnezzar, a, drama of which the scene is laid at Memphis and at Thebes, of which the action takes place in the time of the Pharaohs, and which numbers among its chief personages a triumphant King of Egypt, a captive King of Ethiopia, with an indefinite number of mysterious priests and priestesses, gorgeously attired soldiers and many coloured slaves, could scarcely fail to prove attractive and the composer of the so-called Nabuco seems to have revelled in the pageant music, dance music, religious choruses and mili tary hymns which together make up a very consider able portion of his Egyptian work. Aida is as full of show and glitter as l'africaine, and some of the themes presented in the characteristically Egyptian scenes are alleged to be of Egyptian origin. Indeed, one would not be surprised to hear that the really curious subject of the chorus in praise of the immense Phtah had, like the subject of the libretto, been furnished by the Khe dive himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Theatre and Stage Vol 2 written by Harold Downs and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-23 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Theatre and Stage, Vol. 2: A Modern Guide to the Performance of All Classes of Amateur Dramatic, Operatic, and Theatrical Work Gilbert and sullivan opera 19. The Small Boy and the Supers 20. The Appearance of the Parts 21. The Operas and Their Atmosphere 22. Costume Problems and Effects. 23. Musical Points and Dancing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Opera Drama Vol 1 of 2 Classic Reprint written by Richard Wagner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Opera Drama, Vol. 1 of 2 Effect of Lessing's Argument Relative Vocation of Imagination and the Senses Limitations of the Arts Separately. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Bookman s Catalogue Vol 2 M End written by T. Bose and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Colbeck collection was formed over half a century ago by the Bournemouth bookseller Norman Colbeck. Focusing primarily on British essayists and poets of the nineteenth century from the Romantic Movement through the Edwardian era, the collection features nearly 500 authors and lists over 13,000 works. Entries are alphabetically arranged by author with copious notes on the condition and binding of each copy. Nine appendices provide listings of selected periodicals, series publications, anthologies, yearbooks, and topical works.
Download or read book The Great Operas Vol 2 written by James W. Buel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Great Operas, Vol. 2: The Romantic Legends Upon Which the Masters of Song Have Founded Their Famous Lyrical Compositions And it is interesting to note that while the opera (first produced in English at London in 1858) has always been remarkably popular in Germany, France, Italy, and America, it has been rather coldly received In London, and when given at Covent Garden, in 1864. Proved a pronounced failure; but it has succeeded well on several occasions in England since that time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Modern Drama and Opera written by Mrs. Clara (Mulliken) Norton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modern Drama and Opera: A Reading Lists on the Works of D'annunzio, Hauptmann, Ibsen, Jones, Maeterlinck, Phillips, Pinero, Rostand, Shaw, Sudermann and of Debussy, Puccini, Richard Strauss Two new sections, on Henry Arthur Jones and Pinero permit some comparative study of the literary drama of the first edition and the stage play as represented in the work of these two prominent English playwrights. As the original notes on these sections were destroyed in the New York State Library fire credit for their present form is largely due to three members of the class of 1911 of the New York State Library School Mrs. Philip L. Allen and Mr. Sylvester J. Carter, who collected the material on which the present section on Pinero is based, and Miss Ruth F. Eliot who collected that on Henry Arthur Jones. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Opera Vol 2 of 3 written by Mrs. Gore and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Opera, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel February 7. - A call of the house has brought all the members (fox-hunting notwithstanding) to town. This morning the Park was crowded with a new order of persons: and to-night I am to accompany Bagot to a soiree at Lady Romford's. The whole party from Romford Park arrived yesterday, to remain in town till the Easter holidays. I do not think Sir Henry improved by being in love. The'great charm of his character is frank and thoughtless vivacity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Epic Performances from the Middle Ages into the Twenty First Century written by Fiona Macintosh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek and Roman epic poetry has always provided creative artists in the modern world with a rich storehouse of themes. Tim Supple and Simon Reade's 1999 stage adaptation of Ted Hughes' Tales from Ovid for the RSC heralded a new lease of life for receptions of the genre, and it now routinely provides raw material for the performance repertoire of both major cultural institutions and emergent, experimental theatre companies. This volume represents the first systematic attempt to chart the afterlife of epic in modern performance traditions, with chapters covering not only a significant chronological span, but also ranging widely across both place and genre, analysing lyric, film, dance, and opera from Europe to Asia and the Americas. What emerges most clearly is how anxieties about the ability to write epic in the early modern world, together with the ancient precedent of Greek tragedy's reworking of epic material, explain its migration to the theatre. This move, though, was not without problems, as epic encountered the barriers imposed by neo-classicists, who sought to restrict serious theatre to a narrowly defined reality that precluded its broad sweeps across time and place. In many instances in recent years, the fact that the Homeric epics were composed orally has rendered reinvention not only legitimate, but also deeply appropriate, opening up a range of forms and traditions within which epic themes and structures may be explored. Drawing on the expertise of specialists from the fields of classical studies, English and comparative literature, modern languages, music, dance, and theatre and performance studies, as well as from practitioners within the creative industries, the volume is able to offer an unprecedented modern and dynamic study of 'epic' content and form across myriad diverse performance arenas.
Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Traditions in Nineteenth Century Opera Volume II written by Michael C. Tusa and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a cross-section of English-language scholarship on German and Slavonic operatic repertories of the "long nineteenth century," giving particular emphasis to four areas: German opera in the first half of the nineteenth century; the works of Richard Wagner after 1848; Russian opera between Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov; and the operas of Richard Strauss and Janácek. The essays reflect diverse methods, ranging from stylistic, philological, and historical approaches to those rooted in hermeneutics, critical theory, and post-modernist inquiry.
Download or read book Modern Drama and Opera written by Mrs. Clara A. (Mulliken) Norton and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Standard Operas written by George P. Upton and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-17 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers Sketch of the operas contained in the modern repertory. To this end he has consulted the best authorities, adding to the material thus collected his own observations, and in each case has presented a necessarily brief sketch of the composer, the story of each opera, the general character of its music, its prominent scenes and numbers, - the latter in the text most familiar to opera-goers, -the date of first performances, with a statement of the original cast wherever it has been possible to obtain it, and such bistori cal information concerning the opera and its composition as will be of interest to the reader. As many new operas have been produced since The Standard Operas was first published, these have been included in' the new edition, although it is as yet uncertain whether some of them will become standard in the strict sense of the word. In a work of this kind, indeed, the selection of standard Operas must be somewhat arbitrary. It is difficult to say where the line should be drawn. The writer's aim has been to acquaint his reader with the prominent Operas of the past and the present, assuming that it may be well to know their story and musical construction whether they retain their places upon the stage or not. The work has. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
