The operas of Johann Christian Bach an introduction
"The scope of this volume is limited to the eleven full-length operas by Bach. The essays were written with a dual purpose: first, to provide stand-alone studies of Bach's operas to promote admiration and understanding of those works; and secondly, to serve as introductions to the critical...
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Los Altos, California
The Packard Humanities Institute
2023
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "The scope of this volume is limited to the eleven full-length operas by Bach. The essays were written with a dual purpose: first, to provide stand-alone studies of Bach's operas to promote admiration and understanding of those works; and secondly, to serve as introductions to the critical editions in Johann Christian Bach: The Operas. The collection begins with an introduction by John A. Rice, which provides a historical overview of Bach's career as an opera composer. The individual essays are then organized chronologically by opera, beginning with Margaret R. Butler's study of Bach's first Italian opera, Artaserse, written for Turin (1761). Next is Lucio Tufano's essay on the two operas for Naples, Catone in Utica (1761) and Alessandro nell'Indie (1762). Bach then wrote four operas over three seasons for London, as discussed in essays by Michael Burden on Orione, ossia Diana vendicata and Zanaida (both 1763), John A. Rice on Adriano in Siria (1765), and Stephen Roe on Carattaco (1767). Paul Corneilson's essay on Temistocle (1772) and Lucio Silla (1775) covers Bach's two operas for Mannheim. Bach provided one more opera for London, La clemenza di Scipione (1778), the subject of Karl Böhmer's study. The collection concludes with an essay by Beverly Wilcox on Bach's sole French opera, Amadis de Gaule (1779), written for Paris"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Beschreibung: | XIII, 160 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781938325519 978-1-938325-51-9 |