The Urbanization of Opera: Music Theater in Paris in the Nineteenth Century - Anselm Gerhard - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226288581 - June 15, 2000
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The Urbanization of Opera: Music Theater in Paris in the Nineteenth Century

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Gerhard explores the origins of "grand opera", arguing that its aesthetic innovations reflected not bourgeois tastes, but changes in daily life and psychological outlook produced by the rapid urbanization of Paris. The text explores eight operas composed by Verdi and Rossini, for example.


520 pages, 23 halftones, 1 map

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 15, 2000
ISBN13 9780226288581
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 526
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 10 mm   ·   709 g
Language English  
Translator Whittall, Mary

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