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Pages: 226
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A collection of letters by Meyerbeer, the operatic composer who died in 1864. Critics have recently re-evaluated his work, recognizing his musical craftmanship,
Meyerbeer's L'Africaine
Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Robert Ignatius Letellier
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-03-04 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Vasco de Gama was the last collaboration between Giacomo Meyerbeer and Eugène Scribe, the famous playwright and librettist. The work had intermittently preoccu
Orientalism and the Operatic World
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: Nicholas Tarling
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-23 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Western opera is a globalized and globalizing phenomenon and affords us a unique opportunity for exploring the concept of “orientalism,” the subject of lite
Opera, Liberalism, and Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century France
Language: en
Pages: 420
Authors: Diana R. Hallman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-08-16 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This is a comprehensive critical study of the nineteenth-century French grand opéra La Juive, by Halévy.
Passport to Jewish Music
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Irene Heskes
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-06-30 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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The purpose of this book is to present a survey of Jewish music to illuminate its special role as a mirror of history, tradition, and cultural heritage. The 27