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Routledge Melodramatic Voices: Understanding Music Drama

Name: Routledge Melodramatic Voices: Understanding Music Drama
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Explore the history and impact of the melodrama genre with Melodramatic Voices: Understanding Music Drama. Part of the Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera series, this book examines the grand spectacle that began in the Parisian boulevard theatres of the 1790s and spread across the globe. This volume looks at how the melodrama aesthetic shaped nineteenth-century music drama. It covers a wide range of performances, including spoken plays with music, operas, and hybrid genres that combine music with text. By studying how physical gesture, mise en scene, and music work together, readers gain a better understanding of how these works communicated passion and meaning. This text is an essential resource for those studying the moral struggles of good versus evil expressed through heightened emotions in musical theater. It provides a deep look into how music and drama merged to create a unique form of storytelling that defined an era.

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Examines the origins of melodrama in the 1790s Parisian boulevard theatres and its subsequent global expansion.

Analyzes the connection between physical gesture, mise en scene, and music in communicating dramatic meaning.

Covers various nineteenth-century music drama forms including opera, spoken plays with music, and hybrid genres.

Explores the representation of moral struggles between good and evil through heightened emotional storytelling.

Part of the Ashgate Interdisciplinary Studies in Opera series published by Routledge.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1409400824
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Music > Styles > Musicals
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 October 2011
Listed Since: 08 August 2011

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