Opera and Politics in Queen Anne's Britain, 1705-1714 - Couverture rigide

McGeary, Thomas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1783277157 ISBN 13 : 9781783277155

Editeur : The Boydell Press, 2022

Synopsis

Explores the political meanings that Italian opera - its composers, agents and institutions - had for audiences in eighteenth-century Britain.

The reign of Queen Anne (1702-1714) was pivotal for both politics and opera in Britain. In this study, Thomas McGeary brings together a wide range of sources to show how the worlds of politics and opera were entwined. The associations that Italian singing and singers acquired by the 1690s were used in partisan Whig-Tory writings. Rather than a foreign invasion, McGeary shows how the introduction of Italian-style opera was a native product that grew out of plans for a new theatre in the Haymarket. A crucial event for opera was Handel's arrival in London in 1710.

While the criticism of opera by Whig writers such as Richard Steele and Joseph Addison is well known, McGeary uncovers how the early promotion and sponsorship of opera was, in fact, largely a Whig enterprise and cultural program. Indeed, major political figures (mostly Whigs) participated in the support and patronage of opera.

Opera and Politics in Queen Anne's Britain will be required reading for opera scholars and cultural and political historians of eighteenth-century Britain, as well those interested in the vibrant literature culture of the period.

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À propos de l?auteur

THOMAS MCGEARY holds a PhD in musicology from the University of Illinois. He is the author of The Politics of Opera in Handel's Britain, 1720-1742 (CUP, 2013) and Opera and Politics in Queen Anne's Britain, 1705-1714 (Boydell, 2022). He has published widely in art history, literature, and music history journals, including Burlington Magazine, British Art Journal, Philological Quarterly, Review of English Studies, British Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Early Music, Journal of the Royal Musical Association, and Musical Quarterly.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Boydell Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1783277157
• ISBN 13: 9781783277155
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 444
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