Todd Gilman

The Theatre Career of Thomas Arne

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Produktbeschreibung

This book concerns the life and theatrical career of the great native-born English composer and musician of the eighteenth century, Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), best known today as the composer of "Rule, Britannia." It will appeal to those interested in the mid-to-late eighteenth-century London and Dublin theatre, opera, and music scenes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Delaware Press
• Seitenzahl: 644
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 1069g
• ISBN-13: 9781611494365
• ISBN-10: 1611494362
• Artikelnr.: 36398590

Autorenporträt

Todd Gilman is librarian for literature in English at Yale University Library.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Acknowledgements Preface Musical Examples Polemical Introduction
Chapter 1: Young Thomas Augustine Arne Chapter 2: Drury Lane 1735-40
Chapter 3: From Cliveden to Dublin Chapter 4: Young Charles Burney Chapter
5: Drury Lane 1744-50 Chapter 6: Divisions and Difficulties Chapter 7:
Dublin Encore Chapter 8: The Brent; or, English Syren Chapter 9: Harmony in
an Uproar Chapter 10: Arne's Orbit Chapter 11: The Great Stratford Jubilee
Chapter 12: Arne's Last Operas Chapter 13: Poor Devil of a Crotchet Monger
Chapter 14: Decline and Death Appendix 1: Letters between Arne and Garrick
Appendix 2: Arne's Will Bibliography