Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
Record Number
|
:
|
1009627
|
Doc. No
|
:
|
b763997
|
Main Entry
|
:
|
Smart, Mary Ann
|
Title & Author
|
:
|
Mimomania : : music and gesture in nineteenth-century opera /\ Mary Ann Smart.
|
Publication Statement
|
:
|
Berkeley :: University of California Press,, 2004.
|
Series Statement
|
:
|
California studies in 19th century music ;; 13
|
Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource (ix, 247 pages) :: illustrations
|
ISBN
|
:
|
0520239954
|
|
:
|
: 0520248317
|
|
:
|
: 0520939875
|
|
:
|
: 1282358545
|
|
:
|
: 1417545348
|
|
:
|
: 1597347531
|
|
:
|
: 6612358548
|
|
:
|
: 9780520239951
|
|
:
|
: 9780520248311
|
|
:
|
: 9780520939875
|
|
:
|
: 9781282358546
|
|
:
|
: 9781417545346
|
|
:
|
: 9781597347532
|
|
:
|
: 9786612358548
|
Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references and index.
|
Contents
|
:
|
In praise of overstatement -- Wagner's cancan, Fenella's leap ; La muette de Portici and Auber's reality effect -- Bellini's unseen voices -- "Every word made flesh" ; les Huguenots and the incarnation of the invisible -- Uneasy bodies : Verdi and sublimation -- Mimomania : allegory and embodiment in Wagner's music dramas.
|
Abstract
|
:
|
A contribution to the study of 19th century opera, this text focuses on the relationship between music and gesture to provide a new perspective that yields an array of insights.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Gesture in opera.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Opera-- Europe-- 19th century.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Gestes à l'opéra.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Opéra-- Europe-- 19e siècle.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Gestik
|
Subject
|
:
|
Gesture in opera.
|
Subject
|
:
|
MUSIC-- Genres Styles-- Opera.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Oper
|
Subject
|
:
|
Opera.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Gebaren.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Muziek.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Opera's.
|
Subject
|
:
|
Europe.
|
Dewey Classification
|
:
|
782.1/09/034
|
LC Classification
|
:
|
ML1720.4.S63 2004eb
|
NLM classification
|
:
|
24.22bcl
|
|
:
|
9,2ssgn
|
|
:
|
AP 71200rvk
|
|
:
|
cci1icclacc
|
|
:
|
LR 54171rvk
|
|
:
|
LR 54173rvk
|
|
:
|
LR 54178rvk
|