American opera
By: Elise K. Kirk
Series: Music in American life
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9780252026232
Subjects: Opera; Oper; Opéra
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Opera; title: lyric barometer of American life; title: Part 1 : The voyage, 1730 to 1915; title: The British connection; title: The earliest American operas; title: National themes and the American image; title: Mime, melodrama, and song; title: Grand opera; title: the American way; title: In the spirit of comedy; title: Part 2 : The signposts, 1880 to 1960; title: Wagnerism and the American muse; title: Native Americans through symbolism and song; title: American opera at the Met : the Gatti-Casazza story; title: From the black perspective; title: Innovators and iconoclasts : or, is it opera?; title: The impact of mass media; title: Part 3 : The discoveries, 1945 to the turn of the century; title: The new American verismo; title: New York City Opera's "American plan"; title: Dreamers of decadence; title: Bold turns on familiar paths; title: Heroes for our time; title: Toward the new millennium and beyond; title: Epilogue : American opera at the crossroads; title: Appendix : Milestones in American opera.