Isbn: 9780520226531 - women writing opera: creativity and controversy in the age of the french revolution (studies on the history of society and culture, band 43) (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. 8vo. pp: xvii, 341. Original publisher's black boards with gilt lettering at spine in original publisher's colour illustrated dust jacket. Some illustrations in black and white. ISBN: 0520226534 Dust jacket shows signs of shelfwear. Front flap warped. Otherweise tight and clean copy. Very good indeed in good dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Minor shelf wear o/w like new.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xvii, 341. Original publishers black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Studies on the history of society and culture, 43. ISBN: 0520226534 Fine in near fine dust jacket, with very slight sunning at spine. Excellent condition. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.…

Zustand: New. pp. xvii + 341 Illus.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 385 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. This study explains how women composers and librettists gained access to concert halls in the age of the French Revolution. At the same time it aims to demonstrate how the Revolution fostered many dreams and ambitions for women that would be doomed to disap.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the age of the French Revolution, opera was the locus of cabals, intrigues, and violent journalistic invective. Yet it was also a period when women composers and librettists gained access to concert halls as never before, some of their works among those most performed in Paris. Jacqueline Letzter and Robert Adelson's engaging history explains what made this possible. At the same time it demonstrates how the Revolution fostered many dreams and ambitions for women that would be doomed to disappointment in the repressive post-Revolutionary era.The first part of the book concentrates on the women who succeeded in bringing their operas to the stage. The authors examine their backgrounds, the institutional barriers they had to surmount, and the problems they faced in asserting their authority and authorship. The book's second half is a detailed case study of Isabelle de Charrière (1740-1805), a prolific author and composer who witnessed the success of her female colleagues but was unable to gain recognition for herself. In an analytical epilogue Letzter and Adelson discuss the status of creative women in Revolutionary culture and society.…