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100 1 $aMartin, George Whitney.
245 14 $aThe opera companion :$ba guide for the casual operagoer.$n[Vol.1] /$cby George Martin ; drawings by Everett Raymond Kinstler.
260 $aNew York :$bDodd, Mead,$cc1961.
300 $axv, 277 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
500 $aVol. 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).
500 $a"Apollo editions"--T.p. verso.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aThe 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 --
505 8 $aApp. 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.
650 0 $aOpera.
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