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But these operas are far more than imitations: they show an apprehension of convention and genre that is nothing less than a dismantling of accepted f...
This book explores the relationship between the Bible and the world of music, an association that is recorded from ancient times in the Old Testament,...
A Parable of Politics, Faith and Transcendence
For a period of close to half a century, French grand opĂŠra, as exemplified by the works of Giacomo Meyerbeer and his school, was the preferred form ...
The composer Ludwig Minkus represents one of musicâs biggest mysteries. Who was he? Hardly anything is known about him, and yet he occupied an influ...
A Series of Lectures, Essays, and Articles on the Life and Work of Giacomo Meyerbeer
"In 1936 Meyerbeer's opera Les Huguenots achieved its 1,120[superscript th] performance at the Paris Opera. This extraordinary record is an indication...
Le Lac des fĂŠes
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782â1871), the most amiable French composer of the 19th century, came to his abilities late in life. After a stalled...
History, Heroism and the Mythological Hermeneutic
Vasco de Gama was the last collaboration between Giacomo Meyerbeer and Eugène Scribe, the famous playwright and librettist. The work had intermittent...
Reading Primordial and Patriarchal Narrative in the Book of Genesis
This volume considers aspects of the Book of Genesis; as the first book of the Torah, and hence of the Bible, its position is unique, especially in it...
Volume 1 covers the Early Years, Italy, and the Parisian Triumphs (1827-39). A register of names, maps, illustrations, musical examples, and annotatio...
L'Africaine Deuxième Partie (22 morceaux et fragments inÊdits)
This volume presents the various pieces of musicâfrom fragments, through complete pieces, to whole scenesâthat were not used in the final performi...
A Critical Life and Iconography
Giacomo Meyerbeer was once one of the most famous of all opera composers, enjoying into the twentieth century the same universal admiration and perfor...
This study presents the Pentateuch in both a wider Biblical context and in a more specific close reading of the five initial books of Scripture. The d...
Ballet-Pantomime in Two Acts, by Arthur Saint-LĂŠon; Airs de ballet, Le Poisson dorĂŠ
Aloysius Ludwig Minkus (1826â1917), famous for his ballets Don Quixote (1869) and La Bayadère (1877), was born in Bohemia, and grew up in the dance...
Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) was a great musical dramatist in his own right. The fame of his operas rests on his radical treatment of form, his devel...
Abraham and Lot in Genesis 18 and 19
This work surveys the field of Pentateuchal studies, and using both diachronic and synchronic approaches, investigates Genesis 18 and 19 in terms of t...
RĂŞve d'amour
A Sourcebook, Volume I
Operetta developed in the second half of the 19th century from the French opĂŠra-comique and the more lighthearted German Singspiel. As the century pr...
HaydĂŠe
The Man and His Music
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782-1871), the composer of La Muette de Portici (1828) and Fra Diavolo (1830), was once regarded as one of the great f...
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782â1871) was long considered one of the most typically French, as well as one of the most successful, opera compose...
The overtures of Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782â1871), once as popular as those of Gioacchino Rossini and Franz von SuppĂŠ, were formerly known...
Ballet in Three Acts, Six Scenes and a Prologue by Marius Petipa; revised by Alexander Gorsky and Rostislav Zakharov (the Moscow Version)
The ballet Don Quixote, with music by Ludwig Minkus and scenario and original choreography by Marius Petipa, is one of the most enduring creations to ...
A Guide to Research
Rick Bogart lists operas and incidental music composed by the German composer Giacomo Meyerbeer, originally named Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer (1791-1864...
Zerline
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782â1871) was long considered one of the most typically French as well as one of the most successful of the opera co...
LâEnfant prodigue
Le Cheval de bronze
The composer Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803-1856) is known all over the world for the famous Christmas anthem âMinuit chrĂŠtiensâ (âO Holy Nightâ)...
Love, Mortality and Transcendence on the Lyric Stage
An aspect of dying in opera, rarely observed or commented on, is Sudden Unexpected Death. There are many deaths in this melodramatic genre: most follo...
The composer Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803-1856) is particularly famous for the Christmas anthem âMinuit chrĂŠtiensâ (âO Holy Nightâ). He was ren...
This study examines how the cultures of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece, with their highly developed senses of religion and spirituality, provide a usef...
La Circassienne
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782â "1871), once one of the most well-known and well-loved names in French 19th-century opera, came later in life th...
The Years of Celebrity, 1850-1856
Volume 3 covers a time span that preeminently represents the period in the composerOs life known as OThe Years of International FameO (1850-56)....
In his lifetime, the opera composer Fromental HalĂŠvy was considered the leader of the French school; his admirers included Wagner, Berlioz, and later...
Zanetta
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782â "1871) was long considered one of the most typically French as well as one of the most successful of the opera c...
La SirĂŠne
A Sourcebook
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Marco Spada
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782â "1871), the most amiable French composer of the 19th century, came to his abilities late in life. After a stalle...
Le Serment
La Barcarolle