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The Essence of Victorian Opera: The Unheroic and the Heroic Middle-class Tastes and Mores

The Essence of Victorian Opera: The Unheroic and the Heroic Middle-class Tastes and Mores


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Table of Contents:
Foreword; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Abstract; Table of Contents; PART I; VICTORIAN MIDDLECLASSNESS AND THE BACKGROUND (I) TO THE UNHEROIC; Chapter; 1. Middleclassness; 2. Background (I) to the Unheroic: Bourgeois Ideas on the, Morality and Immorality of Music; PART II; UNHEROIC CHARACTERS IN TYPICAL VICTORIAN OPERAS; 3. Light Opera: The "English Ring"; 4. Romantic Opera: The Scott Operas; PART III; ECLECTICISM IN TYPICAL VICTORIAN OPERAS; 5. Background (I) to the Unheroic: the Eclectic Tastes of the Bourgeoisie; 6. Lack of Heroic Breadth in the "English Ring"; 7. Lack of Heroic Breadth in the Scott Operas; PART IV; "PARNASSUS AND POTATOES: THE PIERIAN STREAM AND THE MILL-POND" HEROIC POTENTIAL NEGLECTED AND ABUSED; 8. Light and Romantic Opera: The Night Dancers, Raymond and Agnes, and Thorgrim; 9. Serious Opera with Lieto Fine; Esmeralda; 10. Comic Opera: The Canterbury Pilgrims and Much Ado About Nothing; AND MORE.

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"...the present study makes a giant contribution not only by reminding today's readers about a repertory that has perennially slipped from view but also by raising the level of critical discourse about it. Smith writes with a keen sense of Victorian values - for instance, self-restraint, the sanctity of marriage, and upward mobility - and successfully meets the challenge of showing the relevance of ambient ideologies to librettos as well as to the music." (Steven Huebner, Professor Musicology McGill University) "The book is a thoroughly researched, multi-disciplinary look at the influence of Victorian "Utilitarian-Evangelicanism" on the musical and literary creations of the time... This book is highly recommended as a good read, and for anyone wishing to expand their knowledge of a rather neglected repertoire." (Victoria Key Palmer Trinity College of London, England)"


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  • ISBN-13: 9780773443013
  • Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
  • Sub Title: The Unheroic and the Heroic Middle-class Tastes and Mores
  • ISBN-10: 0773443010
  • Publisher Date: /01/2014
  • Binding: Hardback


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