| Description |
xvi, 412 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Performance in the long eighteenth century
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Performance in the long eighteenth century.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-399) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Prologue : rival crews : music and musicians in the London theaters -- The place and function of music in dramatic productions -- Musical approaches in comedy -- Musical tragedy and dramatick operas -- Music and musicians in theatrical competition -- Initiation, 1695-1697 -- Competition, 1697-1700 -- Power shift, 1700-1703 -- Realignment, 1703-1705. |
| Summary |
From 1695 to 1705, rival London theater companies based at Drury Lane and Lincoln's Inn Fields each mounted more than a hundred new productions while reviving stock plays by authors such as Shakespeare and Dryden. All included music. Kathryn Lowerre charts the interactions of the two companies from a musical perspective, emphasizing each company's new productions and their respective musical assets, including performers, composers, and musical materials. Lowerre also provides rich analysis of the relationship of music to genres including comedy, dramatick opera, and musical tragedy, and explores the migration of music from theater to theater, performer to performer, and from stage to street and back again. As Lowerre persuasively demonstrates, during this period, all theater was musical theater. |
| Subject |
Musical theater -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.
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Musical theater. |
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England -- London. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Musical theater -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre.
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Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre. |
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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
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Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England) |
| ISBN |
9780754666141 hardcover alkaline paper |
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075466614X hardcover alkaline paper |
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