Antonio Salieri and Viennese Opera / by Rice, John A.

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The musical world of Marie-Antoinette : opera and ballet in 18th century Paris and Versailles / by James, Barrington, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…A Country Ripe for Change -- Christoph Willibald Gluck and the Quest for Drama -- "Simplicity, Truth, and Naturalness" -- The Baroness and the Broken Old Songbird -- Niccolò Piccinni -- Iphigénie en Champagne -- A Star Is Born: Madame Saint-Huberty -- Mozart -- Antonio Salieri -- Tragédie Lyrique -- The Entrepreneur -- Ballet and the Art of Gesture -- Marie-Madeleine Guimard -- Concerts -- Opéra Comique -- Marguerite Montansier -- André-Modeste Grétry -- Jean-Nicolas Bouilly -- The Opéra in the 1780s -- Antonio Sacchini -- Figaro and Tarare -- The Show Goes On -- Religion and Revolution -- Tragic Epilogue.…”
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(Old American Company.) A grand serious pantomine. : In three parts, intermixed with dances, never performed in New-York called the Danaides. With new music, dresses and decoration...

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Accompanied voices : poets on composers from Thomas Tallis to Arvo Pärt /

Table of Contents: “…Robbins Landon'; Thomas Holcroft: 'To Haydn'; John Gohorry: 'A fiat for Joseph Haydn'; Tony Roberts: 'After the Celibacy of Summer'; Antonio Salieri (1750-1825); John Heath-Stubbs: 'Mozart and Salieri'; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91); Seán Street: 'K595 (Mozart)'; Anne Stevenson: 'Kosovo Surprised by Mozart'; Elizabeth Jennings: 'Mozart's Horn Concertos'; Alistair Elliot: 'Exsultate, Jubilate'…”
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Accompanied voices : poets on composers, from Thomas Tallis to Arvo Pärt /

Table of Contents: “…1563-1626) -- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) -- Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) -- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) -- Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) -- Henry Purcell (1659-95) -- François Couperin (1668-1733) -- Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) -- Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) -- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) -- George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) -- Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) -- Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-87) -- Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) -- Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91) -- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) -- Niccoló Paganini (1782-1840) -- John Field (1782-1837) -- Franz Schubert (1797-1828)…”
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