The Operatic Problem (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Galloway, William Johnson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1334046042 ISBN 13 : 9781334046049

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A sweeping study of how funding, policy, and public taste shaped opera from Italy to England, and how nations built or sidelined national art.

From the early spread of opera as a court spectacle to modern debates about national art, this book examines how money, laws, and popular demand guided the stage. It contrasts universal subsidies and state oversight in some countries with England’s import-heavy approach, and discusses what that meant for native talent and culture.

The author surveys European practice—from the royal grants and public commissions that supported operatic traditions to the governance structures that steer a national company. It asks how public money, policy, and prestige can elevate or restrict a living art form, and what England might learn from continental models.

• How subsidised opera operated in France and other nations, including management, funding, and artistic requirements.
• The role of government and ministerial oversight in shaping repertory and production standards.
• England’s historical stance on importing works and performers versus fostering native talent.
• Historical context on how public taste and cultural policy evolved to support large-scale opera.

Ideal for readers of music history, cultural policy, and theater studies seeking a clearer view of opera as a national enterprise.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Operatic Problem that they were absolutely bewildered (attonitidi stupore). This style of music acquired a still greater number of fresh beauties in Euridice, a work by the same authors, and then in A riadne, by Signer Claudio Manteverde, to-day Maestro di Cape I la at Venice. Your modern theorist could hardly express his operatic creed with greater felicity than the Florentine noble, Ottavio Rinuccini, and the whole quotation breathes in its quaint phraseology, the spirit of love for all that is new and beautiful in A rt, which gave Italy her hegemony amongst other nations. The operatic spectacle, when first imported into France, was a Court entertainment for the privileged few, but it soon tempted private enterprise, and here, again, its importance, as an attraction, was not underrated, for the first impressario, one Pierre Perrin, took good care to obtain a monopoly for the new style of performances, whilst the royal privilege (letters -patent), granted to him, sets out their advantages in unmistakable terms. Here is an extract of this privilege :N ous avons au dit Perrin, accorde et octroye ,accordans et octroyons par les pre sentes signers de notre main la permission detablir en notre bonne ville de Paris et autres de nostrec Royaume, des Academies composers de tel nombre et qualite de personnes qu il avisera, pour yrepre senter et chanter en public des opdra et representations en musique eten vers franqais, pareilles et semblables a celles dltalie.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1334046042
• ISBN 13: 9781334046049
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 87
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