{"product_id":"nineteenth-century-opera-and-the-scientific-imagination-paperback-9781107529021","title":"Nineteenth-Century Opera and the Scientific Imagination (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107529021","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNineteenth-Century Opera and the Scientific Imagination\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores the rich and varied interactions between nineteenth-century science and the world of opera for the first time.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Trippett (Edited by), Benjamin Walton (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107529021, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 July 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e397 pages, 25 b\/w illus.  2 tables  15 music examples\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 16.6 x 2.3 cm, 0.7 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'There is an interesting discussion of whether opera was beneficial or dangerous for the mentally ill. This exploration of the intersection of two important aspects of 19th-century Western life will interest scientists and musicians alike.' R. Pitts, Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eScientific thinking has long been linked to music theory and instrument making, yet the profound and often surprising intersections between the sciences and opera during the long nineteenth century are here explored for the first time. These touch on a wide variety of topics, including vocal physiology, theories of listening and sensory communication, technologies of theatrical machinery and discourses of biological degeneration. Taken together, the chapters reveal an intertwined cultural history that extends from backstage hydraulics to drawing-room hypnotism, and from laryngoscopy to theatrical aeronautics. Situated at the intersection of opera studies and the history of science, the book therefore offers a novel and illuminating set of case studies, of a kind that will appeal to historians of both science and opera, and of European culture more generally from the French Revolution to the end of the Victorian period.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: the laboratory and the stage David Trippett and Benjamin Walton\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Voices: 2. Pneumotypes: Jean de Reszke's high pianissimos and the occult sciences of breathing James Q. Davies\u003cbr\u003e 3. Vocal culture in the age of laryngoscopy Benjamin Steege\u003cbr\u003e 4. Operatic fantasies in early nineteenth-century psychiatry Carmel Raz\u003cbr\u003e 5. Opera and hypnosis: Victor Maurel's experiments in suggestion with Verdi's Otello Céline Frigau Manning\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Ears: 6. Hearing space in the music of Hector Berlioz Julia Kursell\u003cbr\u003e 7. From distant sounds to Aeolian ears: Ernst Kapp's auditory prosthesis David Trippett\u003cbr\u003e 8. Wagner, hearing loss, and the urban soundscape of late nineteenth-century Germany James Deaville\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Technologies: 9. Science, technology and love in late eighteenth-century opera Deirdre Loughridge\u003cbr\u003e 10. Technological phantoms of the opéra Benjamin Walton\u003cbr\u003e 11. Circuit listening Ellen Lockhart\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Bodies: 12. Excelsior as mass ornament: the reproduction of gesture Gavin Williams\u003cbr\u003e 13. Automata, physiology and opera Myles Jackson\u003cbr\u003e 14. Wagnerian manipulation: Bayreuth and the sciences of the mind James Kennaway\u003cbr\u003e 15. Unsound seeds Alexander Rehding.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e], Impact of science \u0026amp; technology on society [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Impact of science \u0026amp; technology on society\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Impact%20of%20science%20\u0026amp;%20technology%20on%20society%20%5BPDR%5D%22\"\u003ePDR\u003c\/a\u003e], 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], Romantic music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Romantic music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Romantic%20music%20%5Bc%201830%20to%20c%201900%5D%20%5BAVGC5%5D%22\"\u003ec 1830 to c 1900 AVGC5\u003c\/a\u003e], Theory of music \u0026amp; musicology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theory of music \u0026amp; musicology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theory%20of%20music%20\u0026amp;%20musicology%20%5BAVA%5D%22\"\u003eAVA\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":46006021914904,"sku":"9781107529021","price":34.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107529021i_7fcc6768-9555-4e1c-8d89-41d4c09d61df.jpg?v=1696755211","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/nineteenth-century-opera-and-the-scientific-imagination-paperback-9781107529021","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}