| Description |
ix, 247 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
California studies in 19th-century music ; 13
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California studies in 19th century music ; 13.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
In praise of overstatement -- Wagner's cancan, Fenella's leap ; La muette de Portici and Auber's reality effect -- Bellini's unseen voices -- "Every word made flesh" ; Les Huguenots and the incarnation of the invisible -- Uneasy bodies : Verdi and sublimation -- Mimomania : allegory and embodiment in Wagner's music dramas. |
| Summary |
"As Smart demonstrates, this productive fusion of music and movement often arises when music forsakes the autonomy so prized by the Romantics to function mimetically, underlining the sighs of a Bellini heroine, for instance, or the authoritarian footsteps of a Verdi baritone. Mimomania tracks such effects through readings of operas by Auber, Bellini, Meyerbeer, Verdi, and Wagner."--Jacket. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Opera -- Europe -- 19th century.
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Opera. |
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Europe. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Gesture in opera.
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Gesture in opera. |
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Gestes à l'opéra.
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Opéra - Europe - 19e siècle.
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| ISBN |
0520239954 (alkaline paper) |
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9780520239951 (alkaline paper) |
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