Music Theatre and the Holy Roman Empire - 9781009066068

Name: Music Theatre and the Holy Roman Empire - 9781009066068
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Music Theatre and the Holy Roman EmpireThe German Musical Stage at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century\nAuthor(s): Austin Glatthorn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009066068, 978-1009066068\nSynopsis\nPacked full of new archival evidence that reveals the interconnected world of music theatre during the 'Classical era', this interdisciplinary study investigates key locations, genres, music, and musicians. Austin Glatthorn explores the extent to which the Holy Roman Empire delineated and networked a cultural entity that found expression through music for the German stage. He maps an extensive network of Central European theatres; reconstructs the repertoire they shared; and explores how print media, personal correspondence, and their dissemination shaped and regulated this music. He then investigates the development of German melodrama and examines how articulations of the Holy Roman Empire on t.