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National Traditions in Nineteenth-Century Opera, Volume I
Italy, France, England and the Americas
Opera in the Long Nineteenth Century (1789-1914)
This volume covers opera in Italy, France, England and the Americas during the long nineteenth century (1789-1914). The book is divided into four sections that are thematically, rather than geographically, conceived:
Places - essays centering on contexts for operatic culture;
Genres and Styles - studies dealing with the question of how operas in this period were put together;
Critical Studies - of individual works, exemplifying particular critical trends;
Performance.
