380 Pages
by
Routledge
380 Pages
by
Routledge
380 Pages
by
Routledge
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While the musical culture of the British Isles in the 'long nineteenth century' has been reclaimed from obscurity by musicologists in the last thirty years, appraisal of operatic culture in the latter part of this period has remained largely elusive. Paul Rodmell argues that there were far more opportunities for composers, performers and audiences than one might expect, an assertion demonstrated... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Prologue: opera in the British Isles in 1875; Opera in London 1876-96; Opera in London 1897-1918; Opera in the provinces; ’The operatic problem’; Operas by British and Irish composers premiered 1875-1918; Epilogue: opera in the British Isles in 1918; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Paul Rodmell is Senior Lecturer in Music at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has previously published Charles Villiers Stanford and Music and Institutions in Nineteenth-Century Britain (both Ashgate). Paul has also contributed to other volumes, writing on concert and operatic culture in the British Isles in the nineteenth century.
'Very readable, meticulously researched... will serve as a good reference for years to come.' MusicWeb International 'This book is an impressive piece of research and will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the field ... it helps illuminate a chapter in British operatic history which is little written about'. Opera Today 'Paul Rodmell wisely leaves the statistics to speak for themselves, and in any case his book is less concerned with the capsule analyses of new British works, more with the institutional structures that gave audiences ... the chance to experience a good deal of what was then contemporary European opera ... alongside the occasional British effort. Rodmell’s diligent archival trawl has yielded plenty of robust critical commentary about impresarios, performers and composers to complement the financial and administrative minutiae'. The Musical Times ’As it is, Rodmell has produced a uniquely significant contribution to the history of opera in Britain. ... a work that sets the benchmark for further studies in this area. He writes with obvious interest and enthusiasm and his astute observations are based on extensive, committed research, making this work an example of one of those invaluable species of books that yield more and more to the reader each time they are opened.’ Music and Letters
