Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots
Subtitle: an evangel of religion and love
By: by Robert Ignatius Letellier
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781443856669
Subjects: Huguenots (Meyerbeer, Giacomo)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins; title: The sources - The religious symbolism; title: The dramaturgy; title: The leading themes; title: Instrumental writing; title: Formal innovation; title: The treatment of the chorus; title: The blessing of the daggers; title: The love duet; title: The dramatic form of Act 5; title: The orchestral music; title: Reception history; title: Performing traditions; title: Performance in the twentieth century; title: The iconography; title: Historical appendices.