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Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice

The Creation of a Genre

By: Ellen Rosand

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Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice

The Creation of a Genre

By: Ellen Rosand

In this elegantly constructed study of the early decades of public opera, the conflicts and cooperation of poets, composers, managers, designers, and singers—producing the art form that was soon to sweep the world and that has been dominant ever since—are revealed in their first freshness."—Andrew Porter "This will be a standard work on the subject of the rise of Venetian opera for decades. Rosand has provided a decisive contribution to the reshaping of the entire subject. . . . She offers a profoundly new view of baroque opera based on a solid documentary and historical-critical foundation. The treatment of the artistic self-consciousness and professional activities of the librettists, impresarios, singers, and composers is exemplary, as is the examination of their reciprocal relations. This work will have a positive effect not only on studies of 17th-century, but on the history of opera in general."—Lorenzo Bianconi

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Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice

The Creation of a Genre

By: Ellen Rosand

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The Creation of a Genre

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Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy

By: Ellen Rosand

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Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy

By: Ellen Rosand

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) was the first important composer of opera. This innovative study by one of the foremost experts on Monteverdi and seventeenth-century opera examines the composer's celebrated final works—Il ritorno d'Ulisse (1640) and L'incoronazione di Poppea (1642)—from a new perspective. Ellen Rosand considers these works as not merely a pair but constituents of a trio, a Venetian trilogy that, Rosand argues, properly includes a third opera, Le nozze d'Enea (1641). Although its music has not survived, its chronological placement between the other two operas opens new prospects for better understanding all three, both in their specifically Venetian context and as the creations of an old master. A thorough review of manuscript and printed sources of Ritorno and Poppea, in conjunction with those of their erstwhile silent companion, offers new possibilities for resolving the questions of authenticity that have swirled around Monteverdi's last operas since their discovery in the late nineteenth century. Le nozze d'Enea also helps to explain the striking differences between the other two, casting new light on their contrasting moral ethos: the conflict between a world of emotional propriety and restraint and one of hedonistic abandon.

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0520933273

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9780520933279

Brief Confessional Writings: Grey, Stubbes, Livingstone, Clarksone

Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series I, Part Two, Volume 2

By: Mary Ellen Lamb

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Brief Confessional Writings: Grey, Stubbes, Livingstone, Clarksone

Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series I, Part Two, Volume 2

By: Mary Ellen Lamb

The works by the four protestant women authors collected in this volume participate in the ars moriandi (art of dying) tradition which became increasingly powerful over the 16th and 17th centuries. The moment of death was thought to reveal the ’true’ state of the individual’s soul. This volume provides four varying forms of heroic subjectivity offered by middle class and aristocratic women by the act of dying well. In all four cases their heroic deaths also proclaimed and thus helped to define specifically Protestant doctrines. When so few women’s words appeared in print, this ideological function probably represented a primary reason for the recording and publishing of these works.

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Routledge

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1351954792

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The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500-1700

Volume 1: Lives

By: Michael G. Brennan,Mary Ellen Lamb

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The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500-1700

Volume 1: Lives

By: Michael G. Brennan,Mary Ellen Lamb

Few families have contributed as much to English history and literature-indeed, to the arts generally-as the Sidney family. This two-volume Ashgate Research Companion assesses the current state of scholarship on family members and their impact, as historical and literary figures, in the period 1500-1700. Volume 1: Lives, begins with an overview of the Sidneys and politics, providing some links to court events, entertainments, literature, and patronage. The volume gives biographies to prominent high-profile Sidney women and men, as well as sections assessing the influence of the family in the areas of the English court, international politics, patronage, religion, public entertainment, the visual arts, and music. The focus of the second volume is the literary contributions of Sir Philip Sidney; Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke; Lady Mary Wroth; Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester; and William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke.

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1000152138

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9781000152135

Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

By: Ellen T. Harris

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Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

By: Ellen T. Harris

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas stands as the greatest operatic achievement of seventeenth-century England, and yet, despite its global renown, it remains cloaked in mystery. The date and place of its first performance cannot be fixed with precision, and the absolute accuracy of the surviving scores, which date from almost 100 years after the work was written, cannot be assumed. In this thirtieth-anniversary new edition of her book, Ellen Harris closely examines the many theories that have been proposed for the opera's origin and chronology, considering the opera both as political allegory and as a positive exemplar for young women. Her study explores the work's historical position in the Restoration theater, revealing its roots in seventeenth-century English theatrical and musical traditions, and carefully evaluates the surviving sources for the various readings they offer-of line designations in the text (who sings what), the vocal ranges of the soloists, the use of dance and chorus, and overall layout. It goes on to provide substantive analysis of Purcell's musical declamation and use of ground bass. In tracing the performance history of Dido and Aeneas, Harris presents an in-depth examination of the adaptations made by the Academy of Ancient Music at the end of the eighteenth century based on the surviving manuscripts. She then follows the growing interest in the creation of an “authentic” version in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through published editions and performance reviews, and considers the opera as an important factor in the so-called English Musical Renaissance. To a significant degree, the continuing fascination with Purcell's Dido and Aeneas rests on its apparent mutability, and Harris shows this has been inherent in the opera effectively from its origin.

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Oxford University Press

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0190861444

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Self-Defence against Non-State Actors

By: Mary Ellen O'Connell,Christian J. Tams,Dire Tladi

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Self-Defence against Non-State Actors

By: Mary Ellen O'Connell,Christian J. Tams,Dire Tladi

Provides a multi-perspective study of the international law on self-defence against non-State actors.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107190746

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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture

By: Ellen C. Schwartz

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The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture

By: Ellen C. Schwartz

Byzantine art has been an underappreciated field, often treated as an adjunct to the arts of the medieval West, if considered at all. In illustrating the richness and diversity of art in the Byzantine world, this handbook will help establish the subject as a distinct field worthy of serious inquiry. Essays consider Byzantine art as art made in the eastern Mediterranean world, including the Balkans, Russia, the Near East and north Africa, between the years 330 and 1453. Much of this art was made for religious purposes, created to enhance and beautify the Orthodox liturgy and worship space, as well as to serve in a royal or domestic context. Discussions in this volume will consider both aspects of this artistic creation, across a wide swath of geography and a long span of time. The volume marries older, object-based considerations of themes and monuments which form the backbone of art history, to considerations drawing on many different methodologies-sociology, semiotics, anthropology, archaeology, reception theory, deconstruction theory, and so on-in an up-to-date synthesis of scholarship on Byzantine art and architecture. The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture is a comprehensive overview of a particularly rich field of study, offering a window into the world of this fascinating and beautiful period of art.

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Oxford University Press

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0197572200

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9780197572207

How Art Works

A Psychological Exploration

By: Ellen Winner

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How Art Works

A Psychological Exploration

By: Ellen Winner

How Art Works explores puzzles that have preoccupied philosophers as well as the general public: Can art be defined? How do we decide what is good art? Why do we gravitate to sadness in art? Why do we devalue a perfect fake? Could 'my kid have done that'? Does reading fiction enhance empathy? Drawing on careful observations, probing interviews, and clever experiments, Ellen Winner reveals surprising answers to these and other artistic mysteries. We may come away with a new understanding of how art works on us."--Jacket.

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0190863358

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Readying Cavalli's Operas for the Stage

"Manuscript, Edition, Production"

By: Ellen Rosand

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Readying Cavalli's Operas for the Stage

"Manuscript, Edition, Production"

By: Ellen Rosand

After more than three centuries of silence, the voice of Francesco Cavalli is being heard loud and clear on the operatic stages of the world. The coincidence of productions at La Scala (Milan) and Covent Garden (London) in the same month (September 2008) of two different operas signals a new stage in the recovery of these extraordinary works, confined until now to special venues committed to 'early music'-opera festivals, conservatory, and university productions. The works of the composer who is credited with having invented the genre of opera as we know it are finally enjoying a renaissance. A new edition of Cavalli's twenty-eight operas is in preparation, and the composer and his works are at the center of a great deal of new scholarship ranging from the study of sources and production issues to the cultural context of opera of this period. In the face of such burgeoning interest, this collection of essays considers the Cavalli revival from various points of view. In particular, it explores the multiple issues involved in the transformation of an operatic manuscript into a performance. Although focused on the works of Cavalli, much of this material can transfer easily to other operatic repertoires.Following an introductory part, reflecting back on four decades of Cavalli performances by some of the conductors responsible for the revival of interest in the composer, the collection is divided into four further parts: The Manuscript Scores, Giasone: Production and Interpretation, Making Librettos, and Cavalli Beyond Venice."--Provided by publisher.

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1315089106

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Beginning to See the Light

Sex, Hope, and Rock-And-Roll

By: Ellen Willis

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Beginning to See the Light

Sex, Hope, and Rock-And-Roll

By: Ellen Willis

Originally published: New York: Knopf, 1981.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816680787

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Aunt Ellen and Her Pupils Or a Week at Beech Grove

By: Ellen

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Aunt Ellen and Her Pupils Or a Week at Beech Grove

By: Ellen

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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0469129727

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9780469129726

Life Sketches of Ellen G. White

By: Ellen Gould Harmon White

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Life Sketches of Ellen G. White

By: Ellen Gould Harmon White

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Book's by Ellen Rosand

Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice

Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice

Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice

Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice

Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy

Monteverdi's Last Operas: A Venetian Trilogy

Brief Confessional Writings: Grey, Stubbes, Livingstone, Clarksone

Brief Confessional Writings: Grey, Stubbes, Livingstone, Clarksone

The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500-1700

The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500-1700

Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Self-Defence against Non-State Actors

Self-Defence against Non-State Actors

The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture

The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and Architecture

How Art Works

How Art Works

Readying Cavalli's Operas for the Stage

Readying Cavalli's Operas for the Stage

Beginning to See the Light

Beginning to See the Light

Aunt Ellen and Her Pupils Or a Week at Beech Grove

Aunt Ellen and Her Pupils Or a Week at Beech Grove

Life Sketches of Ellen G. White

Life Sketches of Ellen G. White

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