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Ottenberg June C.
Opera odyssey: toward a history of opera in nineteenth-century
America / June C. Ottenberg.
p. cm.--(Contributions to the study of music and dance,
ISSN 0193-9041; no. 32)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-313-27841-5
1. Opera--United States--19th century. I. Title. II. Series.
ML 1711.088 1994
792.5'0973'09034--dc20 93-35861

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Copyright © 1994 by June C. Ottenberg

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 93-35861

ISBN: 0-313-27841-5

ISSN: 0193-9041

First published in 1994

Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
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Copyright Acknowledgment

The author and publisher are grateful to the following source for permission to reprint material:

Portions of chapter 3 originally appeared in John L. DiGaetani, ed., Opera and the Golden West
( Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press), 1993.

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