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Author:   Dr Vanessa L. Rogers ,  Dr Janet K Page (Person) ,  Dr Vanessa L. Rogers ,  Dr Janet K Page (Person)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   University of Rochester Press
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9781648251399

ISBN 10:   1648251390
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   26 May 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Celebrating the Legacy of Bruce Alan Brown Vanessa L. Rogers and Janet K. Page Part I: Illuminating Artistic Practice 1. Ballet in Paris in the Late Eighteenth Century, as Discussed by a French Cellist and a Russian Nobleman John A. Rice 2. Between Theoretical Aspiration and Artistic Practice: Angiolini in Vienna, 1774-76 Irene Brandenburg 3. Airy Emanations or Pindaric Flights? Singing in London with Farinelli (and Nicola Porpora) Michael Burden 4. Reviving Eighteenth-Century Ballet-Pantomime Repertoire: In the Footsteps of Bruce A. Brown Helena Kazárová Part II: Text and Character 5. Prospero, Sarastro, Faust Thomas Bauman 6. Connections between Die Zauberflöte, Die Sonnenjungfrau, and Das Sonnenfest der Braminen Lisa de Alwis 7. Between Documentation and Image Construction: Gluck's Biography and Its Sources Daniel Brandenburg Part III: Sources, Documentation, and Research Issues 8. (Im)possible Love? The Galanteries of Farinelli Anne Desler 9. New Documents on Aloisia and Joseph Lange Michael Lorenz 10. The Genesis of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro Dexter Edge 11. Nannerl's Rebus, or Is a Picture Worth 5,000 Words? Neal Zaslaw 12. The Colonial Opera Dilemma: Research Ethics and Heritagization in a 1960s Controversy in Brazil Rogério Budasz List of Contributors Selected Bibliography of Publications by Bruce Alan Brown Index Tabula Gratulatoria

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VANESSA ROGERS is Associate Professor of Music and Elizabeth G. Daughdrill Chair in Fine Arts at Rhodes College, VT and Principal Researcher for the website Ballad Operas Online: An Electronic Catalogue. JANET K PAGE is Professor of Musicology at the University of Memphis, TN and author of Convent Music and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Vienna. VANESSA ROGERS is Associate Professor of Music and Elizabeth G. Daughdrill Chair in Fine Arts at Rhodes College, VT and Principal Researcher for the website Ballad Operas Online: An Electronic Catalogue. JANET K PAGE is Professor of Musicology at the University of Memphis, TN and author of Convent Music and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Vienna.

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