A Language for German Opera

The Development of Forms and Formulas for Recitative and Aria in Seventeenth-century German Libretti

• Author(s): Judith Popovich Aikin,
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Pages: 347
• ISBN_10: 3447046538
  ISBN_13: 9783447046534
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Poetry , Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General , Music / History & Criticism , Music / Genres & Styles / Opera , Music / Instruction & Study / Theory ,

Description:... Content Introductory Remarks on Word-Music Relations: "Mein selbst ander ich" Forms for Early German Opera in Dresden: Heinrich Schutz, Martin Opitz and Augustus Buchner Two Directions for the Early German Opera Libretto: Georg Philipp Harsdorffer and Simon Dach German Language Opera in Dresden, 1650 -1680 The Turning Point: Caspar Ziegler's Von den Madrigalen (1653) and Initial Signs of its Impact in Dresden and Wolfenbuttel The Final Pieces of the Puzzle: Festspiele in Rudolstadt (1665 -1667) and "Die hallische Oper" (1660 -1679) Three Operas at the Threshold of Maturity: Rosander und Rosimene (1679), Floretto (1683), and Die Drey Tochter Cecrops (1679) Opera as Poetic Genre and Source of Poetic Forms: "das galanteste Stuck der Poesie" Bibliographies Indices