num_pages: 279
description: Opera and Ideas is a study of the connections between music and intellectual history. Through lucid analysis of six operas and two song cycles, Paul Robinson shows how operas give musical and dramatic expression to ideas about the self, society, and history.
language: English
title: Opera and Ideas: From Mozart to Strauss
titlecomplete: Opera and Ideas: From Mozart to Strauss
genres: Music, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 24
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: Cornell University Press