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008 961212s1997 ctu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 96053455 /MN
020 $a0300069359 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $aocm36130797
035 $9ADA1687IS
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dCSJ
049 $aISUM
050 00 $aML1700$b.B74 1997
082 00 $a782.1/09$221
100 1 $aBokina, John.
245 10 $aOpera and politics :$bfrom Monteverdi to Henze
/$cJohn Bokina.
260 $aNew Haven, Conn. :$bYale University
Press,$cc1997.
300 $axiv, 240 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-228)
and index.
505 0 $aThe prince as deity, beast, and tyrant:
Monteverdi's Orfeo, Ulisse, and Poppea -- The dialectic of
operatic civilization: Mozart's Don Giovanni -- Opera and
revolutionary virtue: Beethoven's Fidelio -- The utopian
vision of romantic anticapitalism: Wagner's Parsifal -- The
politics of psychological interiorization: Strauss's Elektra
and Schoenberg's Erwartung -- The aesthtic politics of the
German artist-opera: Pfitzner's Palestrina, Hindemith's
Mathis, and Schoenberg's Moses -- Eros and revolt: Henze's
Bassarids.
650 0 $aOpera$xPolitical aspects.
948 $ac:cj
