A Language for German Opera: The Development of Forms and Formulas for Recitative and Aria in Seventeenth-century German Libretti (Wolfenbutteler Arbeiten Zur Barockforschung)

Aikin, Judith P.

ISBN 10: 3447046538 / ISBN 13: 9783447046534

Published by Otto Harrassowitz, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Language for German Opera: The Development of Forms and Formulas for Recitative and Aria in Seventeenth-century German Libretti (Wolfenbutteler Arbeiten Zur Barockforschung)
• Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3447046538
• ISBN 13: 9783447046534
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Book Type: book

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Content Introductory Remarks on Word-Music Relations: "Mein selbst ander ich" Forms for Early German Opera in Dresden: Heinrich Schutz, Martin Opitz and Augustus Buchner Two Directions for the Early German Opera Libretto: Georg Philipp Harsdorffer and Simon Dach German Language Opera in Dresden, 1650 -1680 The Turning Point: Caspar Ziegler's Von den Madrigalen (1653) and Initial Signs of its Impact in Dresden and Wolfenbuttel The Final Pieces of the Puzzle: Festspiele in Rudolstadt (1665 -1667) and "Die hallische Oper" (1660 -1679) Three Operas at the Threshold of Maturity: Rosander und Rosimene (1679), Floretto (1683), and Die Drey Tochter Cecrops (1679) Opera as Poetic Genre and Source of Poetic Forms: "das galanteste Stuck der Poesie" Bibliographies Indices