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Author: Katherine Preston (David N. & Margaret C. Bottoms Professor of Music, David N. & Margaret C. Bottoms Professor of Music, College of William & Mary)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.90cm
, Height: 4.30cm
, Length: 15.70cm
Weight: 2.994kg
ISBN: 9780199371655
ISBN 10: 0199371652
Pages: 648
Publication Date: 07 December 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""Opera for the People [is] a groundbreaking, indispensable addition to our understanding of opera in the United States, on that will allow future scholars to begin to write American operatic history within the international operatic developments of the nineteenth century"" -- Charlotte Bentley, American Music ""The book's greatest strength is the exhaustive detail about the business of opera ... A book by a music historian that is structured to be most useful to music historians is very welcome."" -- Christopher Lynch, Notes ""Preston (College of William and Mary) has divided her detailed and comprehensive study of English-language opera into seven chapters: three are overviews of particular periods and four consider important opera companies, offering case studies intended to show the different performance and reception issues during the late-19th century. In covering the tours of more than a hundred opera companies, Preston identifies companies' finances, the crowds they drew, and the probable causes for their success or demise. Contrary to general opinion, opera was not unknown in the US during this period ... The author examined an enormous number of sources--newspaper reviews, scores, librettos, playbills, and periodicals. This study is both scholarly and well written."" --Choice"
Preston (College of William and Mary) has divided her detailed and comprehensive study of English-language opera into seven chapters: three are overviews of particular periods and four consider important opera companies, offering case studies intended to show the different performance and reception issues during the late-19th century. In covering the tours of more than a hundred opera companies, Preston identifies companies' finances, the crowds they drew, and the probable causes for their success or demise. Contrary to general opinion, opera was not unknown in the US during this period ... The author examined an enormous number of sources-newspaper reviews, scores, librettos, playbills, and periodicals. This study is both scholarly and well written. * Choice *
Preston (College of William and Mary) has divided her detailed and comprehensive study of English-language opera into seven chapters: three are overviews of particular periods and four consider important opera companies, offering case studies intended to show the different performance and reception issues during the late-19th century. In covering the tours of more than a hundred opera companies, Preston identifies companies' finances, the crowds they drew, and the probable causes for their success or demise. Contrary to general opinion, opera was not unknown in the US during this period ... The author examined an enormous number of sources-newspaper reviews, scores, librettos, playbills, and periodicals. This study is both scholarly and well written. * Choice * The book's greatest strength is the exhaustive detail about the business of opera ... A book by a music historian that is structured to be most useful to music historians is very welcome. * Christopher Lynch, Notes *
Author Information
Katherine K. Preston, the David N. and Margaret C. Bottoms Professor at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, has long been interested in the musical culture of nineteenth-century America, and has conducted research and published extensively on that topic. Some of her books include Music for Hire: Professional Musicians in Washington, D. C. 1877-1900; Opera on the Road: Traveling Opera Troupes in the United States, 1825-1860; a co-edited facsimile edition of a binder's volume of sheet music, Emily's Songbook: Music in 1850s Albany and a scholarly edition of George Bristow's Symphony No. 2, 'The Jullien' as part of the MUSA series. Past-President of the Society for American Music, Preston has been the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Humanities Center, and the Fulbright Foundation.
