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Opera and the morbidity of music, Joseph Kerman

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"In this wide-ranging collection of essays and reviews, Kerman examines the ongoing vitality of the classical music tradition, from the days of Guillaume Dufay, John Taverner, and William Byrd to contemporary operas by Philip Glass and John Adams."--BOOK JACKET
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xv, 373 p.
Note
Includes indexes
Contents
  • Classical music: rise and fall, and rise
  • Opera and the morbidity of music
  • Two cheers for Rach 3
  • Labyrinth music
  • William Byrd and the Catholics
  • The operas of Monteverdi
  • Bach: a short life
  • A guide to the Well-tempered clavier
  • Wilfrid Mellers on Bach
  • Mozart: four biographies
  • Mozart's last year
  • Playing Mozart: the piano concertos
  • The magic flute
  • Sonata forms
  • Beethoven: works and life
  • Beethoven hero
  • Text and act: Beethoven's concertos
  • Three riffs on the nineth
  • The romantic generation
  • Schubert's songs
  • Berlioz: a life
  • Reading opera
  • Verdi: a life
  • Verdi: the late operas
  • Wagner and Wagnerism
  • A ring of San Francisco
  • Bayreuth, 2001
  • The art of the program note
  • Maria Callas (1923-1977)
  • Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004)
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9781590172650
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Opera and the morbidity of music
Title
Opera and the morbidity of music
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Joseph Kerman
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Former owner
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"In this wide-ranging collection of essays and reviews, Kerman examines the ongoing vitality of the classical music tradition, from the days of Guillaume Dufay, John Taverner, and William Byrd to contemporary operas by Philip Glass and John Adams."--BOOK JACKET
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DLC
Dewey number
780.9
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
ML60.K37
LC item number
O64 2008
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • reviews
Series statement
New York Review books collection
Label
Opera and the morbidity of music, Joseph Kerman
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Instantiates
Publication
Note
Includes indexes
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Classical music: rise and fall, and rise -- Opera and the morbidity of music -- Two cheers for Rach 3 -- Labyrinth music -- William Byrd and the Catholics -- The operas of Monteverdi -- Bach: a short life -- A guide to the Well-tempered clavier -- Wilfrid Mellers on Bach -- Mozart: four biographies -- Mozart's last year -- Playing Mozart: the piano concertos -- The magic flute -- Sonata forms -- Beethoven: works and life -- Beethoven hero -- Text and act: Beethoven's concertos -- Three riffs on the nineth -- The romantic generation -- Schubert's songs -- Berlioz: a life -- Reading opera -- Verdi: a life -- Verdi: the late operas -- Wagner and Wagnerism -- A ring of San Francisco -- Bayreuth, 2001 -- The art of the program note -- Maria Callas (1923-1977) -- Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004)
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
xv, 373 p.
Isbn
9781590172650
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2007046478
Note
Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1975). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Alan Rich Papers. Item is in box 1.Photo-iIllustrated dust jacket. Pinkish red paper over boards, stamped in gilt on spine. Author inscribed to Alan Rich on free endpaper. Note: "There! you've got us all doing it" tipped in. Gift of Alan Rich.
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  • (OCoLC)166367932
  • ucoclc166367932
Label
Opera and the morbidity of music, Joseph Kerman
Link
Publication
Note
Includes indexes
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Classical music: rise and fall, and rise -- Opera and the morbidity of music -- Two cheers for Rach 3 -- Labyrinth music -- William Byrd and the Catholics -- The operas of Monteverdi -- Bach: a short life -- A guide to the Well-tempered clavier -- Wilfrid Mellers on Bach -- Mozart: four biographies -- Mozart's last year -- Playing Mozart: the piano concertos -- The magic flute -- Sonata forms -- Beethoven: works and life -- Beethoven hero -- Text and act: Beethoven's concertos -- Three riffs on the nineth -- The romantic generation -- Schubert's songs -- Berlioz: a life -- Reading opera -- Verdi: a life -- Verdi: the late operas -- Wagner and Wagnerism -- A ring of San Francisco -- Bayreuth, 2001 -- The art of the program note -- Maria Callas (1923-1977) -- Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004)
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
xv, 373 p.
Isbn
9781590172650
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2007046478
Note
Spec. Coll. copy is part of a collection (Collection 1975). To page this item, use the collection record; to find the collection record, search the title: Alan Rich Papers. Item is in box 1.Photo-iIllustrated dust jacket. Pinkish red paper over boards, stamped in gilt on spine. Author inscribed to Alan Rich on free endpaper. Note: "There! you've got us all doing it" tipped in. Gift of Alan Rich.
Other physical details
ill.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)166367932
  • ucoclc166367932

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