The story of the divine singer who could tame wild animals and enchant inanimate nature, and who for love of his wife descended to the underworld, has exercised a never-ending fascination throughout all epochs. It is therefore scarcely surprising that the myth of Orpheus became a source of inspiration and his figure a leading character for the new genre of opera, which was beginning to establish itself in the 17th century. The fate of the singer provided seven music dramas with their material, the metamorphoses of which cast light on baroque authors, their public and their age.
The story of the divine singer who could tame wild animals and enchant inanimate nature, and who for love of his wife descended to the underworld, has exercised a never-ending fascination throughout all epochs. It is therefore scarcely surprising that the myth of Orpheus became a source of inspiration and his figure a leading character for the new genre of opera, which was beginning to establish itself in the 17th century. The fate of the singer provided seven music dramas with their material, the metamorphoses of which cast light on baroque authors, their public and their age.
Die Rezeption des Orpheus-Mythos in deutschen Musikdramen des 17. Jahrhunderts
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783484970816 |
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| Publisher: | Max Niemeyer Verlag |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2008 |
| Series: | Fruhe Neuzeit Series |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 297 |
| File size: | 9 MB |
| Language: | German |