Harry B. Smith : dean of American librettists / by Franceschina, John Charles, 1947-

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Women opera composers : biographies from the 1500s to the 21st century / by McVicker, Mary Frech

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Introduction ; 1590-1636 ; 1637-1700 ; 1700-1800 ; 1800-1849 ; 1850-1899 ; 1900-1939 ; 1940-1970 ; 1970 to Present ; Children's Operas ; Librettists ; Bibliography ; Index…”
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Lorenzo Da Ponte : the life and times of Mozart's librettist / by Hodges, Sheila

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Stage Writers Handbook : a Complete Business Guide for Playwrights, Composers, Lyricists and Librettists. by Singer, Dana

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Papageno : Emanuel Schikaneder, man of the theater in Mozart's time / by Honolka, Kurt, 1913-

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Musical AKAs : assumed names and sobriquets of composers, songwriters, librettists, lyricists, hymnists, and writers on music / by Drone, Jeanette Marie, 1940-

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At the origins of classical opera : Carlo Goldoni and the "dramma giocoso per musica" / by Rista, Pervinca

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The culture wars of the late Renaissance : skeptics, libertines, and opera / by Muir, Edward, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…The skeptics : Galileo's telescope and Cremonini's headache -- The libertines : the celestial divorce -- The librettists : Poppea in the opera box.…”
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Ernst Krenek : the man and his music / by Stewart, John L.

Table of Contents: “…The early years in Vienna -- The young atonalist -- Comedy and confusion -- Krenek's early operas -- Neoromanticism and the influence of Schubert -- Doubts, dismay, and the search for new directions -- Karl V and Christian humanism -- Activist and essayist -- A modernist in America -- New beginnings -- Adventures in serialism -- The later operas: Krenek as librettist -- Intimations of morality and a late harvest.…”
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Opera in seventeenth-century Venice : the creation of a genre / by Rosand, Ellen

Table of Contents: “…Making histories ; Giovanni Faustini, "librettist" ; Faustini's heirs ; Marco Faustini, impresario ; Marco's guerra dei teatri -- I compositori scenici : librettist and composer. …”
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From Da Ponte to the Casa italiana : a brief history of Italian studies at Columbia University / by Faedda, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…The dawn of Italian studies at Columbia University : Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart's librettist and adventurous exile in New York (1825-1838) -- After Da Ponte, the arrival of patriot and refugee Eleuterio Felix Foresti (1838-1911) -- The Casa Italiana : the realization of an ambitious dream (1920s) -- Prezzolini, controversial Casa director, and World War II (1930s and 1940s) -- Appendix A: From Lorenzo da Ponte to Charles V. …”
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Bonnie and Clyde / by Jones, Alan Raymond

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Literary Britten : words and music in Benjamin Britten's vocal works /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Kate Kennedy -- Britten and his librettists : the composer as auteur / Mervyn Cooke -- Britten, Auden and the 1930s / John Fuller -- James, Britten, Piper and the literary supernatural : the changing "vision of evil" in The turn of the screw and Owen Wingrave / Nick Clark -- "Thought's wildernesses" : the development of Britten's Nocturne from library to score / Kate Kennedy -- "Reading at intervals" : Britten's romantic poetry / Brian Young -- Britten's drops : the lyric into song / Rebekah Scott -- "Without any tune" : the role of the discursive shift in Britten's interpretation of poetry / Vicki P. …”
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Richard Strauss in context /

Table of Contents: “…Family and Upbringing / Chris Walton ; Formative Influences / David Larkin ; Pauline de Ahna / Katharina Hottmann ; Close Friends / Walter Werbeck ; Hofmannsthal / Ingeborg Haase and Dirk Hoffmann ; The Other Librettists / Kenneth Birkin ; Stage Collaborators / Ryan Prendergast ; Champions / Bryan Gilliam -- Career Stations. …”
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Literary Britten : words and music in Benjamin Britten's vocal works /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Kate Kennedy -- Britten and his librettists : the composer as auteur / Mervyn Cooke -- Britten, Auden and the 1930s / John Fuller -- James, Britten, Piper and the literary supernatural : the changing "vision of evil" in The turn of the screw and Owen Wingrave / Nick Clark -- "Thought's wildernesses" : the development of Britten's Nocturne from library to score / Kate Kennedy -- "Reading at intervals" : Britten's romantic poetry / Brian Young -- Britten's drops : the lyric into song / Rebekah Scott -- "Without any tune" : the role of the discursive shift in Britten's interpretation of poetry / Vicki P. …”
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"Music's obedient daughter" : the opera libretto from source to score /

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Tittle Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- The Power of Music: Striggio and Monteverdi's L'Orfeo -- Octavia Reincarnated: Busenello's and Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea -- In the Operatic Workshop: The Case of Varesco's and Mozart's Idomeneo -- The Librettist's Dilemma in London: Badini's and Haydn's Orfeo ed Euridice -- "But There Is another Intrigue and a Comic Element Placed Alongside": Hans Sachs -- the Relation of Lortzing's Opera to Deinhardstein's Drama -- "Ce bal est original!"…”
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The grand duke, or, The statutory duel : a savoy opera / by Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900

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Handel, Messiah / by Burrows, Donald, 1945-

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Daniel-François-Esprit Auber : Le Cheval de bronze. by Letellier, Robert Ignatius

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Richard Genée's The Royal Middy = Der Seekadett /

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