Opera and Politics in Queen Anne's Britain, 1705-1714

Opera and Politics in Queen Anne's Britain, 1705-1714
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 445
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ISBN-10 : 9781783277155
ISBN-13 : 1783277157
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Download or read book Opera and Politics in Queen Anne's Britain, 1705-1714 written by Thomas McGeary and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the political meanings that Italian opera - its composers, agents and institutions - had for audiences in eighteenth-century Britain.


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