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Author Brody, Elaine.

Title Music in opera : a historical anthology / Elaine Brody.

Publication Info. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1970]

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Description 1 score (xvii, 604 pages) ; 29 cm
score
piano score
vocal score
Note With piano accompaniment; originally for orchestra.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 593-598.
Contents Contains 53 extracts in vocal score.
"Per quel vago boschetto" from Euridice / Peri -- Toccata, ritornello, prologue from Orfeo ; "Dunque fa degno" (Orfeo) ; "Possente spirto" (Orfeo) ; "Lasciate i monti" (Orfeo) ; "Speranza, tu mi vai" from L'incoronazione di Poppea ; "Sento un certo" (Poppea) ; "Pur ti miro" (Poppea) / Monteverdi -- Overture to Alceste ; Il faut passer" (Alceste) / Lully -- Overture to Dido and Aeneas ; "Whence could so much virtue spring..." (Dido) ; The Witches' Cave (Dido) ; "In our deep vaulted cell" (Dido) ; "Ah, Belinda" (Dido) ; "Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid..." (Dido) / Purcell -- "O cessate di piagarmi" from Pompeo / Scarlatti -- "Ach, Nero ist nicht Nero mehr" from Octavia / Keiser -- "Va tacito e nascosto" from Giulio Cesare / Handel -- Minuets ; "Quel bruit, quels vents" from Hippolyte et Aricie / Rameau -- "Ah se intorna a quest'una funesta" from Orfeo ed Euridice ; "Chiamo il mio ben..." (Orfeo) ; "Che puro ciel" (Orfeo) ; "Fortune ennemie" (Orfeo et Euridice) ; Overture to Alceste / Gluck -- "In braccio alla vendetta..." from Il trionfo dell'onore / Scarlatti -- "How happy could I be with either" from The Beggar's Opera ; "I'm bubbled" (Beggar's Opera) / Gay-Pepusch -- "Sempre in contrasti" from La Serva Padrona ; "Per te ho io nel core" (Serva Padrona) / Pergolesi -- "J'ai perdu tout mon bonheur" from Le Devin du village / Rousseau -- "Bald die Blonde" from Lisuart und Dariolette / Hiller --
"Se vuol ballare... Voi che sapete" from Le Nozze di Figaro ; "In quali eccesi... Mi tradi" from Don Giovanni ; "Alla bella Despinetta" from Cosi fan tutte ; "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" from Die Zauberflote / Mozart -- "Mir ist so wunderbar" from Fidelio ; "Ha! welch' ein Augenblick!" (Fidelio) ; "Wie kalt ist es in diesem unterirdischen Gewölbe" (Fidelio) / Beethoven -- "Voyez sur cette roche" from Fra Diavolo / Auber -- "Gloire, gloire au grand Dieu vengeur" from Les Huguenots / Meyerbeer -- "C'est ici?... Ah je ris de me voir" from Faust / Gounod -- "Largo al factotum" from Il barbiere di Siviglia / Rossini -- "Sediziose voci... Casta Diva" from Norma / Bellini -- "O giusto cielo... Il dolce suono" [The Mad Scene] from Lucia di Lammermoor / Donizetti -- "Uhui, uhui,..." [The Wolf's Glen Scene] from Der Freischutz ; "Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz" (Freischutz) / Weber -- "Johohoe" from Der Fliegende Hollander ; "In fernem Land" from Lohengrin ; "Dass der mein Vater nicht ist" from Siegfried ; Prelude (a segment of the piece) from Tristan und Isolde ; "Mir erkoren, mir verloren" (Tristan) ; "Kennst du der Mutter Künste nicht?" (Tristan) ; "O König, das kann ich dir nicht sagen" (Tristan) ; "O Wonne, nein" (Tristan) ; Final bars of Tristran und Isolde ; Prelude to Act III of Die Meistersinger / Wagner -- "Ah, fors'e lui... Sempre libera" from La Traviata ; "Credo in un Dio crudel" from Otello ; "Mia madre aveva una povera ancella" (Otello) ; Final bars of Otello / Verdi -- Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov / Mussorgsky -- Polka from The Bartered Bride / Smetana -- "Je vais danser en votre honneur" from Carmen / Bizet -- "Eh! j'imagine que cette belle enfant" from Manon ; "Hotelier de malheur!" (Manon) / $rMassenet -- "Ah! quelle journée! Tu es fatigue?" from Louise / Charpentier --
"Le sue rendite oneste da un pezzo non riceve" from La Boheme ; "Chi e la?..." (Boheme) ; Introductory music from Tosca / Puccini -- "Pourquoi pleures-tu?" from Pelleas et Milisande ; "Je vais me coucher sur le marbre" (Pelleas) ; "Je ne puis me pencher davantage" (Pelleas) ; "Non, non, nous n'avons pas été coupables" (Pelleas) / Debussy -- "Wo ist er, dessen Sündenbecher jetzt voll ist?" from Salome ; "Prinzessin, ich flehe, geh' hinein!" (Salome) ; "Dein Mund ist röter als die Füsse der Männer," (Salome) ; "Lass mich deinen Mund küssen" (Salome) ; "Es wird Schreckliches geschehn" (Salome) / Strauss -- "Da kommt ein Licht!" from Erwartung / Schoenberg -- "Mühlrad mehr sehn" from Wozzeck ; "Eia popeia," (Wozzeck) ; "Übrigens, ein Paar Lippen!" (Wozzeck) ; Scene change to scene 3, "Ich seh'nichts" (Wozzeck) ; "Ein Jäger aus der Pfalz" (Wozzeck) ; "Wie der Mond rot aufgeht!" (Wozzeck) ; "Ich find's nicht" (Wozzeck) / Berg -- "Damn you, give me dem bones!" from Porgy and Bess ; "Good mornin', Mister Archdale," (Porgy) / Gershwin -- "Peter tell me one thing" from Peter Grimes ; "Clear the court!" (Peter Grimes) / Britten -- "Fair lady, gracious gentlemen," from The Rake's Progress ; "With air commanding and weapon handy" (Rake's Progress) / Stravinsky -- "Allô, allô, mais non, Madame," from La Voix humaine ; "Allô, Mad'moisell', il me redemand'" (Voix humaine) ; "Dépêche-toi. Vas-y." (Voix humaine) / Poulenc -- "Bomarzo!" (Bomarzo) ; "O Rex gloriae (Bomarzo) ; "Emperador Lucifer" (Bomarzo) / Ginastera.
Language Words in the original languages with English translations.
Subject Operas -- Excerpts -- Vocal scores with piano.
Operas -- Excerpts -- Vocal scores with piano.
Operas -- Excerpts -- Piano scores.
Operas -- Excerpts -- Piano scores.
Genre/Form Operas.
Operas.
Vocal scores.
Vocal scores.
Piano scores.
Piano scores.
Excerpts.
Excerpts.
Other Form: Online version: Brody, Elaine. Music in opera. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1970] (OCoLC)634795937
ISBN 0136081096
9780136081098