Valuing Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera Fantasias for Woodwind Instruments : Trash Music Hardback
by Rachel N. Becker
Part of the Routledge Research in Music series
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This book approaches opera fantasias – instrumental works that use themes from a single opera as the body of their virtuosic and flamboyant material – both historically and theoretically, concentrating on compositions for and by woodwind-instrument performers in Italy in the nineteenth century. Important overlapping strands include the concept of virtuosity and its gradual demonization, the strong gendered overtones of individual woodwind instruments and of virtuosity, the distinct Italian context of these fantasias, the presentation and alteration of opera narratives in opera fantasias, and the technical and social development of woodwind instruments.
Like opera itself, the opera fantasia is a popular art form, stylistically predictable yet formally flexible, based heavily on past operatic tradition and prefabricated materials.
Through archival research in Italy, theoretical analysis, and exploration of European cultural contexts, this book clarifies a genre that has been consciously stifled and societal resonances that still impact music reception and performance today.
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- Pages:236 pages, 10 Tables, black and white; 26 Halftones, black and white; 26 Illustrations, black and wh
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:29/03/2024
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- ISBN:9781032491769
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:236 pages, 10 Tables, black and white; 26 Halftones, black and white; 26 Illustrations, black and wh
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:29/03/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032491769
