LEADER 00000cam a2200697 i 4500 001 on1012637862 003 OCoLC 005 20200717185858.5 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 171120s2018 caua ob 001 0 eng 010 2017056145 020 9780520966550|q(electronic book) 020 0520966554|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780520279681|q(hardcover ;|qalkaline paper) 035 (OCoLC)1012637862 037 22573/ctv4qrxs|bJSTOR 040 DLC|beng|erda|epn|cDLC|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dN$T |dJSTOR|dEBLCP|dYDX|dUAB|dIDB|dZCU|dINT|dORU|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO |dP@U|dU3W|dYDX|dOCLCO|dUPM|dMERER|dOCLCQ|dAU@|dDEGRU|dOCL |dOCLCQ|dOCLCO 042 pcc 049 RIDW 050 14 ML1700|b.K74 2018 072 7 PER|x011000|2bisacsh 072 7 MUS028000|2bisacsh 082 00 792.509/034|223 090 ML1700|b.K74 2018 100 1 Kreuzer, Gundula Katharina,|d1975-|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/names/nr2004021803|eauthor. 245 10 Curtain, gong, steam :|bWagnerian technologies of nineteenth-century opera /|cGundula Kreuzer. 264 1 Oakland, California :|bUniversity of California Press, |c[2018] 300 1 online resource (xix, 348 pages) :|billustrations 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction : opera, staging, technology -- Wagner's Venusberg -- Curtain -- Gong -- Steam -- Epilogue : Wagnerian failure -- Notes. 520 "In this innovative book, Gundula Kreuzer argues for the foundational role of technologies in the conception, production, and study of nineteenth-century opera. She shows how composers increasingly incorporated novel audiovisual effects in their works and how the uses and meanings of the required machineries consistently changed, sometimes still resonating in contemporary stagings, performance art, and popular culture. Focusing on devices (which she dubs 'Wagnerian technologies') intended to amalgamate opera's various media while veiling their mechanics, Kreuzer offers a practical counternarrative to Wagner's idealist theories of total illusionism. Curtain, Gong, Steam's multifaceted exploration of the three titular technologies repositions Wagner as catalyst more than inventor in the history of operatic production. With its broad chronological and geographical scope, the book deepens our understanding of the material and mechanical conditions of historical operatic practice as well as of individual works, both well known and obscure"--Provided by publisher. 588 0 Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 28, 2018). 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 600 10 Wagner, Richard,|d1813-1883|xAesthetics.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85144776 600 17 Wagner, Richard,|d1813-1883.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/40723 648 7 19th century|2fast 648 7 1800-1899|2fast 650 0 Opera and technology|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh2016001285|xHistory|y19th century.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167 650 0 Opera|xProduction and direction|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85094906|xHistory|y19th century. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167 650 0 Opera|xStage-setting and scenery|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh98000105|xHistory|y19th century. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167 650 7 Aesthetics.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/798702 650 7 Opera and technology.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1940251 650 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/958235 650 7 Opera|xProduction and direction.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1046164 650 7 Opera|xStage-setting and scenery.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1046170 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 History.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aKreuzer, Gundula Katharina, 1975- |tCurtain, gong, steam.|dOakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]|z9780520279681|w(DLC) 2017052549 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=1797091|zOnline ebook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this ebook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 00 |d20200727|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW June-July 17 7032|lridw 994 92|bRID