At the origins of classical opera : Carlo Goldoni and the "dramma giocoso per musica" /
Venetian playwright and pioneer of modern theatre Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) led a 'double life' as a librettist, authoring nearly as many libretti as comedies- libretti which, born from the same mind and the same hand that brought forth his famous, and famously controversial, overhaul of t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bern :
Peter Lang,
[2018]
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| Series: | Varia musicologica ;
Bd. 24. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- The other Goldoni
- The foundations of musical comedy
- New directions
- A new source for classical opera: Goldoni's drammi giocosi
- How comedy changed opera
- Goldoni's musical legacy.
