{"product_id":"german-opera-from-the-beginnings-to-wagner-hardback-9780521235327","title":"German Opera; From the Beginnings to Wagner (Hardback) 9780521235327","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGerman Opera\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Beginnings to Wagner\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis wide-ranging history explores German opera from its primitive origins up to Wagner.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Warrack (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521235327, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 April 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e464 pages, 42 music examples\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.8 x 3.1 cm, 0.829 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A brilliantly achieved masterpiece.' Gramophone\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGerman opera from its primitive origins up to Wagner is the subject of this wide-ranging history. It traces the growth of the humble Singspiel into a vehicle for the genius of Mozart and Beethoven, together with the persistent attempts at German Grand Opera. Seventeenth-century Hamburg opera, the role of the travelling companies and Viennese Singspiel are all explored. Discussions that from early days absorbed Germans concerned for the development of a national art are followed, together with the influence of new critical thought at the start of the nineteenth century. The many operas studied are placed in their historical, social and theatrical context, and attention is paid to the literary, artistic and philosophical ideas that made them part of the country's intellectual history. Warrack assesses the contributions of Schubert, Mendelssohn and Schumann, as well as Weber and Hoffmann, among others.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Map: centres of German opera\u003cbr\u003e 1. Sixteenth-century beginnings\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Thirty Years War and its aftermath\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Hamburg enterprise\u003cbr\u003e 4. Travelling troupes and changing attitudes\u003cbr\u003e 5. From the Seven Years War to the French Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Viennese Singspiel\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mozart's German operas\u003cbr\u003e 8. From the French Revolution to the turn of the century\u003cbr\u003e 9. French opera in Germany after the Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 10. New critics and singers\u003cbr\u003e 11. Opera in a new century: the first decade (I)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Opera in a new century: the first decade (II)\u003cbr\u003e 13. The growth of Romantic and grand opera\u003cbr\u003e 14. Romantic opera and grand opera in the 1820s (I)\u003cbr\u003e 15. Romantic opera and grand opera in the 1820s (II)\u003cbr\u003e  16. Opera in the mid-nineteenth century (I)\u003cbr\u003e Opera in the mid-nineteenth century (II)\u003cbr\u003e 18. Wagner\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: list of operas\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004348551448,"sku":"9780521235327","price":119.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521235327i_0728efdb-1f28-4a5b-b3af-42308ca5c1e2.jpg?v=1691374061","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/german-opera-from-the-beginnings-to-wagner-hardback-9780521235327","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}