ISBN: 0252022726

[SR: 4357519], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780252022722], University of Illinois Press, University of Illinois Press, Book, [PU: University of Illinois Press], University of Illinois Press, Was the… Meer...

[SR: 4357519], Hardcover, [EAN: 9780252022722], University of Illinois Press, University of Illinois Press, Book, [PU: University of Illinois Press], University of Illinois Press, Was there opera - and just what was it like - in New York City before the advent of the Metropolitan Opera Company? In exploring these questions, Karen Ahlquist describes the social, cultural, economic, and esthetic factors that led to the assimilation of Italian opera - a complex, expensive genre of elitist reputation - into New York's business oriented community, with its English cultural heritage and sacred republican traditions. In her lively description of opera as few today can imagine it, Ahlquist considers Jacksonian-era efforts to create a polite social setting, the influence of a socially based clash between respectability and broad public access, and the role of music in shaping, not just reflecting, social and cultural life., 2154, Theater, 2155, Acting & Auditioning, 2156, Broadway & Musicals, 2157, Circus, 2158, Direction & Production, 2221, History & Criticism, 2224, Miming, 2225, Playwriting, 2227, Puppets & Puppetry, 2229, Stagecraft, 8622807011, Stage Lighting, 521000, Performing Arts, 1, Arts & Photography, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 1728, Opera, 1822, Songbooks, 4512, Musical Genres, 4507, Music, 1, Arts & Photography, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 14278871, State & Local, 4853, United States, 4808, Americas, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 4556, Popular Culture, 11232, Social Sciences, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 0252022726

Was there opera - and just what was it like - in New York City before the advent of the Metropolitan Opera Company? In exploring these questions, Karen Ahlquist describes the social, cult… Meer...

Was there opera - and just what was it like - in New York City before the advent of the Metropolitan Opera Company? In exploring these questions, Karen Ahlquist describes the social, cultural, economic, and esthetic factors that led to the assimilation of Italian opera - a complex, expensive genre of elitist reputation - into New York's business oriented community, with its English cultural heritage and sacred republican traditions. In her lively description of opera as few today can imagine it, Ahlquist considers Jacksonian-era efforts to create a polite social setting, the influence of a socially based clash between respectability and broad public access, and the role of music in shaping, not just reflecting, social and cultural life. used books,books Books, University of Illinois Press<