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French opera at the fin de siècle : Wagnerism, nationalism, and style / Steven Huebner.

Title
French opera at the fin de siècle : Wagnerism, nationalism, and style / Steven Huebner.
Author
Huebner, Steven
Publication
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2004], c1999.

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Description
xviii, 526 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
The author studies the rich operatic repertory written and performed in France during the last two decades of the nineteenth century, including such operatic favourites as Massenet's 'Manon' and 'Werther', 'Louise' by Charpentier, and lesser-known gems such as Chabrier's 'Le Roi malgré lui' and Chausson's 'Le roi Arthus'.
Uniform Title
University press scholarship online.
Subject
Opera > France > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 506-514) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Jules Massenet -- Ambivalent Wagnerisms and conservative renewal -- Wagnerian revival -- Realist opera.
ISBN
0198162804 (hc.)
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library