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Title: The Opera
A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions
of all Works in the Modern Repertory

Author: R.A. Streatfeild

Other: J. A. Fuller-Maitland

Release Date: July 9, 2005 [EBook #16248]

Language: English

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THE OPERA

A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all
Works in the Modern Repertory.

BY R.A. STREATFEILD

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY J.A. FULLER-MAITLAND

_THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED_

LONDON

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LIMITED

PHILADELPHIA: J.B. LIPPINCOTT CO.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

INTRODUCTION vii

I. THE BEGINNINGS OF OPERA 1

PERI--MONTEVERDE--CAVALLI--CESTI--CAMBERT--LULLI--PURCELL--
KEISER--SCARLATTI--HANDEL

II. THE REFORMS OF GLUCK 19

III. OPERA BUFFA, OPERA COMIQUE, AND SINGSPIEL 40

PERGOLESI--ROUSSEAU--MONSIGNY--GRETRY--CIMAROSA--HILLER

IV. MOZART 52

V. THE CLOSE OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD 74

MEHUL--CHERUBINI--SPONTINI--BEETHOVEN--BOIELDIEU

VI. WEBER AND THE ROMANTIC SCHOOL 87

WEBER--SPOHR--MARSCHNER--KREUTZER--LORTZING--NICOLAI--FLOTOW--
MENDELSSOHN--SCHUBERT--SCHUMANN

VII. ROSSINI, DONIZETTI, AND BELLINI 106

VIII. MEYERBEER AND FRENCH OPERA 126

HEROLD--MEYERBEER--BERLIOZ--HALEVY--AUBER

IX. WAGNER'S EARLY WORKS 151

X. WAGNER'S LATER WORKS 176

XL. MODERN FRANCE 214

GOUNOD--THOMAS--BIZET--SAINT SAENS--REYER---MASSENET--BRUNEAU--
CHARPENTIER--DEBUSSY

XII. MODERN ITALY 262

VERDI--BOITO--PONCHIELLI--PUCCINI--MASCAGNI--LEONCAVALLO--GIORDANO

XIII. MODERN GERMAN AND SLAVONIC OPERA 302

CORNELIUS--GOETZ---GOLDMARK--HUMPERDINCK--STRAUSS--SMETANA--
GLINKA--PADEREWSKI

XIV. ENGLISH OPERA 323

BALFE--WALLACE--BENEDICT--GORING THOMAS--MACKENZIE--STANFORD--
SULLIVAN--SMYTH

INDEX OF OPERAS 351

INDEX OF COMPOSERS 361

INTRODUCTION

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