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A “Free Artist Of Color” In Late-Eighteenth-Century Saint-Domingue: The Life And Times Of Minette, Bernard Camier
A “Free Artist Of Color” In Late-Eighteenth-Century Saint-Domingue: The Life And Times Of Minette, Bernard Camier
Music & Musical Performance
This article sets forth, for the first time in detail, the life and career of Minette, who was the main female opera singer in Port-au-Prince at the end of the eighteenth century. The city was the capital of the thriving and wealthy French colony of Saint-Domingue (which, upon gaining independence in 1804, took the name Haïti). Theatrical activity in Port-au-Prince was comparable to what one could find in any large provincial city, and the success that Minette gained was all the more remarkable for her being categorized as colored (mestive). The details of Minette’s origins, life, and career …
Total Artwork: Wagner's Philosophies On Art And Music In The Ring Cycle, Soraya A. Peront
Total Artwork: Wagner's Philosophies On Art And Music In The Ring Cycle, Soraya A. Peront
Musical Offerings
Richard Wagner is one of the most renowned composers of the Romantic period, due to his intensely emotional music, captivating operatic plots, and his unique idea to combine visual art, vocal music, and instrumental music in an unprecedented way. His music is acclaimed for being highly progressive for its time; Wagner also held unique philosophical beliefs which formed the foundation for his music. Wagner’s pioneering ideas about art, music, and the way they should be paired together led to the composition of many operas that still have a place in the permanent repertoire today, including Der Ring des Nibelungen, or …
The Rise Of Opera In Monteverdi's Orfeo, Allison N. Zieg
The Rise Of Opera In Monteverdi's Orfeo, Allison N. Zieg
Musical Offerings
Late Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi is known by scholars as the father of opera. While Monteverdi did not directly invent the production, we honor him as the first to successfully produce three major operas that have survived to this day. His works set the stage for future opera composers, and he drastically influenced the rise of such a large scale production. He is most known for his opera "Orfeo," which has continued to be adapted to the modern stage, and performed frequently in several opera houses. What led to the creation of such an extravagant production and never before heard …
Is La Bohѐme A Verismo Opera?, Leah P. Bartlam
Is La Bohѐme A Verismo Opera?, Leah P. Bartlam
Musical Offerings
Verismo is an Italian term that came to be used in reference to literature, theatre, and opera during the end of the nineteenth century. According to William Berger, “verismo is often translated as ‘realism’ but the word is closer to ‘truth’ in Italian.” The term was applied to literature beginning in the 1870s, and began to be applied to opera during the 1890s. However, it has never been particularly well understood. Evaluating it today is especially difficult because the modern perceptions of the term are not quite the same as the original meaning. La bohѐme was composed by Giacomo …
To The Question Of Studying The Interpretation Of The Image Of Amir Temur In The Western European Opera, Ravshanoy Tursunova
To The Question Of Studying The Interpretation Of The Image Of Amir Temur In The Western European Opera, Ravshanoy Tursunova
Eurasian music science journal
Introduction. The role and significance of our great ancestors in world history is indisputable. Their vital activity, priceless works and deeds require a truthful, adequate assessment and in-depth research in various fields of modern science. The works of the great commander, patron of science, culture and art Amir Temur are at the center of many-sided fundamental research. For centuries, the personality of Amir Temur aroused great interest in the world community, whose image formed the basis of numerous literary, musical and stage works created by leading playwrights and writers, librettists and composers of different centuries.
The purpose of the research …
Verdi At 200: Recent Scholarship On The Composer And His Works, Linda B. Fairtile
Verdi At 200: Recent Scholarship On The Composer And His Works, Linda B. Fairtile
Verdi Forum
No abstract provided.
Così Fan Tutte: Brilliance Or Buffoonery?, Sarah Whitfield
Così Fan Tutte: Brilliance Or Buffoonery?, Sarah Whitfield
Musical Offerings
Hardly any opera has endured more scrutiny and self-preserving apology than Mozart’s Così fan tutte. Flagrant opposition and a long string of “rescue” attempts shroud the receptive history of the work. Since its premiere, Così fan tutte has long been recognized as a problem opera. Many critics found it implausible that Mozart—the consummate composer and man that warranted their idolization—could have stooped so low as to agree to such an immoral plot. The great beauty in Mozart’s musical parody is that it at once mocks and transforms the supposed superficial experiment of Lorenzo Da Ponte’s libretto. The parody in …
A New Sketch For Verdi's 'I Due Foscari', David Lawton
A New Sketch For Verdi's 'I Due Foscari', David Lawton
Verdi Forum
No abstract provided.
Two Appendices For Thomas G. Kaufman's 'Verdi And His Major Contemporaries', Linda B. Fairtile
Two Appendices For Thomas G. Kaufman's 'Verdi And His Major Contemporaries', Linda B. Fairtile
Verdi Forum
No abstract provided.
How Verdi's Serious Operas End, David Rosen
Thematic Similarities In Early And Middle Verdi, Clifford D. Alper
Thematic Similarities In Early And Middle Verdi, Clifford D. Alper
Verdi Forum
No abstract provided.
Abstracts, James Hepokoski, David Lawton, Martin Chusid, Andrew Hornick, John Nádas, Gary Tomlinson, Leonard Garrison, Harold S. Powers, Gregory W. Harwood, Richard B. Beams, William P. Cole, Albert O. Cordell, Marianne Davis, Loryn E. Frye, Ben King, James Mason, William E. Mccauley, Stephen Town
Abstracts, James Hepokoski, David Lawton, Martin Chusid, Andrew Hornick, John Nádas, Gary Tomlinson, Leonard Garrison, Harold S. Powers, Gregory W. Harwood, Richard B. Beams, William P. Cole, Albert O. Cordell, Marianne Davis, Loryn E. Frye, Ben King, James Mason, William E. Mccauley, Stephen Town
Verdi Forum
Abstracts of papers about Giuseppe Verdi and his works, presented at joint meetings of the AIVS and Greater NY Chapter of the American Musicological Society, 1979-81 (Hepokoski, Lawton, Chusid, Hornick, Nádas, Tomlinson, Garrison, Powers), at the 1982 national meeting of the American Musicological Society (Harwood), and at an NEH-sponsored summer seminar at NYU in 1980 (Beams, Cole, Cordell, Davis, Fry, King, Mason, McCauley, Town).
A Newly-Discovered Letter From Verdi To Leon Escudier, Stephen Casale
A Newly-Discovered Letter From Verdi To Leon Escudier, Stephen Casale
Verdi Forum
No abstract provided.
Other Conferences
Verdi Forum
Brief summary of some recent conferences related to Giuseppe Verdi.
Operas, Martin Chusid, John Nádas, Luke Jensen
Operas, Martin Chusid, John Nádas, Luke Jensen
Verdi Forum
Brief inventory (circa 1979) of scores and librettos for Verdi's operas in the microfilm collection of the American Institute for Verdi Studies.
From The Director's Desk, Martin Chusid
Maddalena's Aria, Patric Schmid
Casts For The Verdi Premieres In London, 1845-1977 (Part 1), Martin Chusid
Casts For The Verdi Premieres In London, 1845-1977 (Part 1), Martin Chusid
Verdi Forum
No abstract provided.
The Danville Congress, Andrew Porter
The Danville Congress, Andrew Porter
Verdi Forum
Recap of the Fifth International Verdi Congress held at the University of Danville (Kentucky) in 1977, with a focus on the opera Macbeth.
Casts For The Verdi Premieres In The U.S. (1847-1976) (Part 1), Martin Chusid
Casts For The Verdi Premieres In The U.S. (1847-1976) (Part 1), Martin Chusid
Verdi Forum
No abstract provided.