The Art of Writing Opera-Librettos: Practical Suggestions (1922) - Couverture rigide

Istel, Edgar

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ISBN 10 : 1498159826 ISBN 13 : 9781498159821

Editeur : Literary Licensing, LLC, 2014

Synopsis

The Art of Writing Opera-Librettos: Practical Suggestions is a book written by Edgar Istel and published in 1922. The book is a comprehensive guide to writing librettos for operas. It provides practical suggestions and advice on how to write effective and compelling librettos that will engage audiences and enhance the musical experience. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the structure and form of librettos, the use of language and imagery, character development, and the relationship between the libretto and the music. Istel draws on his extensive experience as a composer and librettist to provide practical examples and exercises that will help aspiring writers to develop their skills.The book is aimed at both novice and experienced writers, as well as composers and other professionals in the opera industry. It is written in a clear and accessible style, making it easy to understand and apply the principles outlined in the book. Overall, The Art of Writing Opera-Librettos: Practical Suggestions is an essential resource for anyone interested in writing librettos for operas. It provides a wealth of practical advice and guidance that will help writers to create compelling and memorable works that will stand the test of time.This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

There are many composers in theworld who think it strange that their operas have so little success, although they are recognized as excellent musicians. The idea may gradually dawn upon these good fellows, but bad dramatists, that the cause of their ill success is to be sought simply in the fact that they know nothing about the stage or the planning of a libretto. But how shall they learn to do better? Hitherto there has been no book that gave really practical directions for the planning and analytical criticism of an opera-libretto. Shortly before the war I published a work which might be considered as the first attempt at writing such a book. The abundant experience which the author has had since then a a poet and composer in producing and staging several of his own operas, has encouraged him (on request of Mr. O. G. Sonneck) to rewrite the aforesaid work in a form specially adapted for American conditions. In doing so, all theoretical discussions of a general character have been reduced to the narrowest limits, so that the practical part could be proportionately enlarged.
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1498159826
• ISBN 13: 9781498159821
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 164
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible