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Seventeenth-Century Opera and the Sound of the Commedia dell’Arte
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Emily Wilbourne
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-21 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In this book, Emily Wilbourne boldly traces the roots of early opera back to the sounds of the commedia dell’arte. Along the way, she forges a new history of
The Cambridge Companion to Seventeenth-Century Opera
Language: en
Pages: 379
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Sound and Affect
Language: en
Pages: 416
Authors: Judith Lochhead
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-23 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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"Studies of affect and emotions have blossomed in recent decades across the humanities, neurosciences, and social sciences. In music scholarship, they have ofte
The Nurse in History and Opera: From Servant to Sister
Language: en
Pages: 259
Authors: Judith Barger
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-05-15 - Publisher: Lexington Books

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This book explores the role of the ubiquitous nurse character found in over one hundred operas and provides insight into opera nurses’ unique musical and dram
Voice, Slavery, and Race in Seventeenth-Century Florence
Language: en
Pages: 521
Authors: Emily Wilbourne
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"Grounded in new archival research documenting a significant presence of foreign and racially-marked individuals in Medici Florence, this book argues for the re