The Experience of Opera (Norton Library, N706) - Softcover

Lang, Paul Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393007065 ISBN 13: 9780393007060

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1973

Synopsis

Based on Dr. Lang's experience as music critic of the New York Herald Tribune, this book preserves the immediate reactions of a working reviewer, his on-the-spot responses to the actual experience of theatrical productions, spanning the active repertory from Gluck to the present day. It is at once an introduction to the art of opera and a rich repository of perceptions about the changing nature and esthetics of the musical theater. All of the major composers are discussed: Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, Strauss, Berg, and Stravinsky. There are also chapters on opera buffa, verismo, French opera, Russian opera, American opera, operetta, opera in English, and opera in concert form.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In this informal survey of operatic history and literature, Paul Henry Lang has offered the reader and opera enthusiast a unique combination of scholarly breadth and critical acumen. This book preserves the immediate reactions of a working reviewer, his on-the-spot responses to the actual experience of theatrical productions, spanning the active repertory from its earliest days to the present century.

About the Author:

The late Paul Henry Lang ranks among the century's most eminent musicologists. A longtime faculty member at Columbia University, he also served as editor of the Musical Quarterly and as music critic for the New York Herald Tribune.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0393007065
• ISBN 13: 9780393007060
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336