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The Oxford illustrated history of opera / edited by Roger Parker.

Contributor(s): Parker, Roger [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001Description: xv, 541 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles (some colour), maps, music, plans, portraits (some colour) ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780192854452 (pbk.) :; 0192854453 (pbk.) :Other title: Illustrated history of operaSubject(s): Opera | Opera -- History | Opera -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 782.1'09 Summary: The history and social context of opera is explored by a group of leading British and American scholars in this volume. The core of the book is a historical survey of opera, from its beginnings in Florence 400 years ago, up to opera in the 1990s.
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Originally published: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The history and social context of opera is explored by a group of leading British and American scholars in this volume. The core of the book is a historical survey of opera, from its beginnings in Florence 400 years ago, up to opera in the 1990s.

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