Carl Maria von Weber and the search for a German opera [electronic resource] / Stephen C. Meyer

Author	Meyer, Stephen C., 1963-
Title	Carl Maria von Weber and the search for a German opera [electronic resource] / Stephen C. Meyer
Imprint	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2003
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Descript	253 p. : ill., music ; 25 cm

CONTENT

Introduction : Inventing German opera -- The native and the foreign : models for the German opera -- Der Freisch่utz and the character of the nation -- Euryanthe : reconfiguration and transformation -- Epilogue : Institutions, aesthetics, and genre after Weber's death -- Appendices. Synopsis of Das unterbrochene Opferfest ; Comparative table : versions of Das unterbrochene Opferfest ; Synopsis of Mโehul's Joseph ; Comparative table : revisions to the final chorus of Joseph ; Synopsis of Euryanthe

Weber Carl Maria von 1786-1826. Operas Opera -- Germany -- 18th century Opera -- Germany -- 19th century Electronic books.