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_aLee, E. Markham _q(Ernest Markham), _d1874-1956 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe story of opera |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025 |
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| 490 | 1 | _aThe Music story series | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2025-05-08 | ||
| 508 | _aJane Robins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) | ||
| 520 | _a"The Story of Opera" by E. Markham Lee is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work explores the development and transformation of opera as an art form, tracing its origins, evolution, key contributors, and various national schools. Intended as both an accessible introduction and a reference, the book covers significant composers, styles, reforms, and performance practices in opera, while also providing guidance for listeners and students. Its likely audience ranges from interested amateurs to more serious students seeking an up-to-date and readable overview of the operatic tradition. The opening of "The Story of Opera" frames opera as a complex, somewhat artificial yet deeply expressive art form, setting it apart from spoken drama due to its reliance on continuous music to accentuate emotion and storytelling. Beginning with a discussion on the difficulty of defining opera, the author highlights its essential characteristic: a staged drama in which music is a fundamental, not merely decorative, component. The text then outlines the historical development of opera, introducing the reader to major innovations, reforms, and national schools, from the early Italian experiments to the repertories of Germany, France, and England. The narrative covers the roles of key reformers such as Monteverdi, Gluck, and Wagner, depicts the cyclical nature of operatic trends and reforms, and establishes the importance of understanding both music and dramatic content to fully appreciate opera's significance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cLondon: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., 1909 |
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_aCrowest, Frederick James, _d1850-1927 |
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| 856 | 4 | _uhttps://archive.org/details/storyofopera00leee/page/n9 | |
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