Camille Crittenden

Johann Strauss and Vienna

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines nineteenth-century Viennese operetta and the historical context in which it was created.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 693g
• ISBN-13: 9780521771214
• ISBN-10: 0521771218
• Artikelnr.: 31805097

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
List of abbreviations
1. The birth of a genre
2. Creators and performers of Viennese operetta
3. 'Austria personified': Strauss and the search for Viennese identity
4. From ballroom to theater: musical style and Indigo und die vierzig Rauber
5. Die Fledermaus and the illusion of Carnival in Vienna
6. Austro-Hungarian relations and Der Zigeunerbaron
7. Waltzing Brunnhilde: Zukunftsmusik and Viennese operetta
Epilogue
Appendix: Synopses
Notes
Bibliography
Index.