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Mitchell Cohen The Politics of Opera (Hardback). Cohen also looks at smaller works, including a one-act opera written and composed by philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Author: Mitchell Cohen. Title: The Politics of Opera. Genre: Law & Politics. Format: Hardback. Further DetailsTitle: The Politics of Opera Condition: New Subtitle: A History from Monteverdi to Mozart Author: Mitchell Cohen Format: Hardback ISBN-10: 0691175020 EAN: 9780691175027 ISBN: 9780691175027 Publisher: Princeton University Press Genre: Law & Politics Topic: Music Dance & Theatre Release Date: 09/05/2017 Description: A wide-ranging look at the interplay of opera and political ideas through the centuries The Politics of Opera takes readers on a fascinating journey into the entwined development of opera and politics, from the Renaissance through the turn of the nineteenth century. What political backdrops have shaped opera? How has opera conveyed the political ideas of its times? Delving into European history and thought and an array of music by such greats as Lully, Rameau, and Mozart, Mitchell Cohen reveals how politics--through story lines, symbols, harmonies, and musical motifs--has played an operatic role both robust and sotto voce. Cohen begins with opera's emergence under Medici absolutism in Florence during the late Renaissance--where debates by humanists, including Galileo's father, led to the first operas in the late sixteenth century. Taking readers to Mantua and Venice, where composer Claudio Monteverdi flourished, Cohen examines how early operatic works like Orfeo used mythology to reflect on governance and policy issues of the day, such as state jurisdictions and immigration.Cohen explores France in the ages of Louis XIV and the Enlightenment and Vienna before and during the French Revolution, where the deceptive lightness of Mozart's masterpieces touched on the havoc of misrule and hidden abuses of power. Cohen also looks at smaller works, including a one-act opera written and composed by philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Essential characters, ancient and modern, make appearances throughout: Nero, Seneca, Machiavelli, Mazarin, Fenelon, Metastasio, Beaumarchais, da Ponte, and many more. An engrossing book that will interest all who love opera and are intrigued by politics, The Politics of Opera offers a compelling investigation into the intersections of music and the state. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 235mm Item Length: 152mm Item Weight: 822g Release Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
