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Masque and opera in England, 1656-1688 / Andrew R. Walkling.
Author
Walkling, Andrew R.
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Format
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Language
English
Published/Created
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Description
xxi, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Mendel Music Library - Stacks
ML1731.2 .W35 2017
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Opera
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England
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17th century
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Masques with music
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17th century
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History and criticism
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Masques, English
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History and criticism
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Series
Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera
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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.
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ISBN
9781472446534 (hardback : alkaline paper)
1472446534
LCCN
2016011107
OCLC
944246504
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