An edition of The opera companion
(1961)
The opera companion
a guide for the casual operagoer.
by George Whitney Martin, George W. Martin, and Everett Raymond Kinstler
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Opera, Operas, Stories, plots, Reference works, Stories, plots, etc, Music, Reference, Genres & Styles - Opera, Oper, Fuhrer, TemasShowing 6 featured editions. View all 6 editions?
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Table of Contents
The casual operagoer's guide. The overture, the prelude and three chords
Melody, aria and recitative
The operatic voice as an artistic instrument
The operatic voice as a mechanical instrument
The castrati
Sounds of the orchestra : the instruments
Sounds of the orchestra : the scoring for Carmen
Tuning 'A' : the problem of pitch
The claque
Ballet in opera
The emergence of opera as a form of public entertainment
A history of opera in terms of persons and houses : seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
A history of opera in terms of persons and houses : nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Glossary. A glossary of operatic terms and miscellanea
Statistics. Repertories of several of the world's opera houses
App. A. Catalogue of all operas mentioned in the text and many others... Pt. 1, Operas with first performances from 1597 through 1939; Pt. 2, Operas with first performances from 1939 through 1959; Pt. 3, The operas of Mozart, Verdi, Wagner and Puccini listed in order of production
App. B. Basic operatic Italian.
Edition Notes
Vol. 1 of a 2-vol. version of the 1-vol. original edition; contains the original text except for the 47 opera synopses. Synopses can be found in vol. 2 (or in the original edition).
"Apollo editions"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
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