C.W. Von Gluck, Orfeo

by Patricia Howard

Book Overview

This book explains how and why Gluck's historically important and best-loved opera Orfeo came into existence, and shows why it has retained its popularity. The work is placed in its context of Gluck's 'reform of opera', an artistic movement involving actors, dancers, designers, writers and philosophers, as well as musicians and librettists. Patricia Howard and her fellow contributors describe how the opera has been reinterpreted throughout the past...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521296641
• ISBN13: 9780521296649
• Release Date: September 1981
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"