UID:
almahu_9949297079002882
Format:
1 online resource (224 p.) :
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15 halftones, 38 line drawings
ISBN:
9780226741802
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9783110754001
Series Statement:
Opera Lab: Explorations in History, Technology, and Performance
Content:
From the theatrical stage to the literary salon, the figure of Sappho-the ancient poet and inspiring icon of feminine creativity-played a major role in the intertwining histories of improvisation, text, and performance throughout the nineteenth century. Exploring the connections between operatic and poetic improvisation in Italy and beyond, Singing Sappho combines earwitness accounts of famous female improviser-virtuosi with erudite analysis of musical and literary practices. Melina Esse demonstrates that performance played a much larger role in conceptions of musical authorship than previously recognized, arguing that discourses of spontaneity-specifically those surrounding the improvvisatrice, or female poetic improviser-were paradoxically used to carve out a new authority for opera composers just as improvisation itself was falling into decline. With this novel and nuanced book, Esse persuasively reclaims the agency of performers and their crucial role in constituting Italian opera as a genre in the nineteenth century.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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1. History's Muse: The Spectacle of Poetic Improvisation --
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2. Corinna's Crown: Improvisation and Authority in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims --
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3. Divinely Inspired: Incantation and the Making of Melody in Bellini's Norma --
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4. Saffo's Lyre: Improvising Operatic Authorship --
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5. A Sapphic Orpheus: Pauline Viardot and the Sexual Politics of Operatic Collaboration --
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Acknowledgments --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754001
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021 English, De Gruyter, 9783110754124
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110753899
In:
University of Chicago Complete eBook-Package 2021, De Gruyter, 9783110739190
Language:
English
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780226741802
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