Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests : The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater

Author/Creator:

Buch, David J., author

Publication/Creation:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2009]

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests : The Supernatural in Eighteenth-Century Musical Theater / David J. Buch

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Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Preface --
Abbreviations --
INTRODUCTION. Precedents & Sources of Magic & the "Marvelous" --
1. L'Académie Royale de Musique --
2. Opéra-comique --
3. Italian Serious Genres --
4. Italian Comic Genres --
5. German Musical Theater --
6. The Supernatural in the Operas of Mozart --
POSTSCRIPT. The Significance & Influence of Supernatural Topics --
APPENDIX A. Chronological List of Operas, Ballets, Comédies, Féeries, Pantomimes & Other Plays with Magic & Supernatural Content, 1699-1791 --
APPENDIX B. Selected Italian Circe, Medea & Orpheus Operas, 1700-1791 --
APPENDIX C. Operas Based on Ariosto & Tasso, 1700-1791 --
APPENDIX D. Some Eighteenth-Century Italian Don Juan Settings --
APPENDIX E. Chronological List of German Theatrical Works with Magic & Supernatural Content, 1728-92 --
Bibliography --
Index

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,1756-1791.Zauberflöte
Musical theater--Europe--History--18th century
Musical theater
Musical theater--History--18th century--Europe
Supernatural in musical theater
Music and magic

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION. Precedents & Sources of Magic & the "Marvelous" -- 1. L'Académie Royale de Musique -- 2. Opéra-comique -- 3. Italian Serious Genres -- 4. Italian Comic Genres -- 5. German Musical Theater -- 6. The Supernatural in the Operas of Mozart -- POSTSCRIPT. The Significance & Influence of Supernatural Topics -- APPENDIX A. Chronological List of Operas, Ballets, Comédies, Féeries, Pantomimes & Other Plays with Magic & Supernatural Content, 1699-1791 -- APPENDIX B. Selected Italian Circe, Medea & Orpheus Operas, 1700-1791 -- APPENDIX C. Operas Based on Ariosto & Tasso, 1700-1791 -- APPENDIX D. Some Eighteenth-Century Italian Don Juan Settings -- APPENDIX E. Chronological List of German Theatrical Works with Magic & Supernatural Content, 1728-92 -- Bibliography -- Index

Summary:

Drawing on hundreds of operas, singspiels, ballets, and plays with supernatural themes, Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests argues that the tension between fantasy and Enlightenment-era rationality shaped some of the most important works of eighteenth-century musical theatre and profoundly influenced how audiences and critics responded to them. David J. Buch reveals that despite-and even because of-their fundamental irrationality, fantastic and exotic themes acquired extraordinary force and popularity during the period, pervading theatrical works with music in the French, German, and Italian.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (483 p.)

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936712960002486

ISBN:

1-282-23943-0
9786612239434
0-226-07811-6

OCLC Number:

434608400
1109328572

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.7208/9780226078113