Masque and opera in England, 1656-1688 / Andrew R. Walkling.

Author
Walkling, Andrew R. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Description
xxi, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "Presents a comprehensive study of the development of court masque and through-composed opera in England from the mid-1650s to the Revolution of 1688-89. In seeking to address the problem of generic categorization within a highly fragmentary corpus for which a limited amount of documentation survives, Andrew Walkling argues that our understanding of the distinction between masque and opera must be premised upon a thorough knowledge of theatrical context and performance circumstances."--Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-331) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Part I. "Their greatest gallantry imaginable" : masques, balls, and 'recreational" acting at court. Balls and the growth of Shrovetide entertainments
    • Youthful "recreational" theatrics, 1668-75
    • Masques and plays at court after 1675
    • Part II. "For such uses as the King shall direct" : through-composed opera, foreign musicians, and the Royall Academy of Musick. Operatic experiments of the 1650s
    • Foreign musicians at the Restoration court, 1660-73
    • The Royall Academy of Musick, 1673-75
    • French musicians at court, 1675-89
    • Through-composed drama in the 1680s.
    ISBN
    • 9781472446534 (hardback : alkaline paper)
    • 1472446534
    LCCN
    2016011107
    OCLC
    944246504
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