An Essay on the Opera: Saggio Sopra L'opera in Musica.0773460489 An essay on the opera; Saggio sopra l'opera in musica. Algarotti, Francesco. Ed. by Robin Burgess. Edwin Mellen Pr. 2005 113 pages $99.95 Hardcover Studies in the history and interpretation of music; v.120 ML3858 Burgess provides an updated and contemporary version of the 1768 English translation of Francesco Algarotti's An Essay on the Opera written in 1763, which influenced opera composition and reform in the eighteenth century, particularly in the operas of Gluck. The essay was first published in 1755, and Burgess includes Algarotti's footnotes added in 1764. Algarotti begins with examining the weaknesses of opera seria serious or tragic opera; grand opera. See also: Opera and describes form, composition, recitative recitative (rĕs'ĭtətēv`), musical declamation for solo voice, used in opera and oratorio for dialogue and for narration. Its development at the close of the 16th cent. made possible the rise of opera. , aria, dance, scenery, costumes, and the structure of the theatre, and concludes with two models that were never set as operas: a synopsis A summary; a brief statement, less than the whole. A synopsis is a condensation of something—for example, a synopsis of a trial record. of Aenas in Troy and a libretto libretto (ləbrĕt`ō) [Ital.,=little book], the text of an opera or an oratorio. Although a play usually emphasizes an integrated plot, a libretto is most often a loose plot connecting a series of episodes. for Iphigenia in Aulis. Burgess is Director of the Westminster Cathedral Westminster Cathedral in London, England, is the mother church of the Roman Catholic community in England and Wales and the Metropolitan Church and Cathedral of the Archbishop of Westminster. The cathedral is located in Victoria, SW1, in the City of Westminster. Centre for Spirituality. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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