Spectaculum Europaeum
Subtitle: theatre and spectacle in Europe (1580-1750) = histoire du spectacle en Europe (1580-1750)
By: Pierre Béhar, Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly.
Contributors: Béhar, Pierre.; Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen.
Series: Wolfenbütteler Arbeiten zur Barockforschung ;; Bd. 31
Publisher: Harrassowitz; Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 818
Subjects: Performing arts -- Europe -- History; Theater -- Europe -- History; Opera -- Europe -- History; Festivals -- Europe -- History
Other titles: Theatre and spectacle in Europe (1580-1750); Histoire du spectacle en Europe (1580-1750)
Notes: Text in English or French.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book had its inception at a conference at the Centre d'Études Supériores de la Renaissance at Tours in 1989"--Introd., p. vii.
Table of contents: title: The drama = tragédie, comédie et leurs variantes. Le théâtre néo-latin en Europe / Ruprecht Wimmer ; La commedia dell'arte en Europe / Christopher Cairns ; Comédie, tragédie, tragi-comédie en Italie / Christopher Cairns ; Comedia, auto sacramental et entremés dans la Péninsule ibérique / Manfred Tietz ; La tragédie et la comédie en France et leurs variantes / Pierre Béhar ; Drama in England / James Knowles ; Drama in the Netherlands / Mieke B. Smits-Veldt ; Drama in the Empire / Pierre Béhar, trans. H. Watanabe-O'Kelly ; Drama in Denmark and Norway / Mara Wade ; Drama in Sweden / Gunilla Dahlberg ; Drama in Poland / George Gömöri ; Drama in Hungary / George Gömöri ; Le drame en Crète / Pierre Béhar; title: The opera = L'Opéra. L'opéra en Italie / Marie-Thérèse Bouquet-Boyer ; L'opéra dans la Péninsule ibérique / Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, trad. P. Béhar ; L'opéra en France / Jérôme de La Gorce ; Opera in England / Marie-Claude Canova-Green ; Opera in the Netherlands / Rudolf Rasch ; Opera in the Empire / Werner Braun, trans. H. Watanabe-O'Kelly ; Opera in Denmark and Norway / Mara Wade ; Opera in Sweden / Gunilla Dahlberg ; Opera in Poland / George Gömöri; title: The ballet = Le ballet. Le ballet de cour en France / Marie-Claude Canova-Green ; Le ballet de cour en Italie / Marie-Thérèse Bouquet-Boyer ; The English court masque / Marie-Claude Canova-Green ; Ballet in the Empire / Sara Smart ; Ballet in Denmark and Norway / Mara Wade ; Ballet in Sweden / Gunilla Dahlberg ; Ballet in Poland / George Gömöri; title: Tournaments = Tournois et carrousels. Tournaments in Europe / Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly; title: Entries and festivals = Entrées et fêtes. Triomphes, entrées, feux d'artifice et fêtes religieuses en Italie / Paulette Choné ; Entrées, feux d'artifice et fêtes à programme en France / Paulette Choné ; Entrées, feux d'artifice et fêtes religieuses dans la Péninsule ibérique / Sylvaine Hänsel, trad. P. Béhar ; Entries and festivals in England / James Knowles ; Entries, fireworks and religious festivities in the Netherlands / Jochen Becker, trans. H. Watanabe-O'Kelly ; Entries, fireworks and religious festivals in the Empire / Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly ; Entries in Denmark and Norway / Mara Wade ; Entries and fireworks in Sweden / Gunilla Dahlberg ; Entries in Poland / George Gömöri.