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Your search for: opera AND origin


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Books on: opera origin

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Encyclopedia Articles on: opera origin

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  • BartÓk, BÉla
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...throughout his life Bartok devoted much attention to folk music of varied origin. As a composer he gained his first success with his mime play The Wooden Prince (1914 16). An opera, Duke Bluebeards Castle (1911), and a ballet, The Miraculous Mandarin...
     
  • Chinese Music
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...classical music forms of China. Origins and Characteristics Chinese...highly developed. Chinese opera originated in the 14th cent...fifths. Legend ascribes their origin to birdsong, six from that...musical value. The Beijing Opera has produced numerous new works...1964); E. Halson, Peking Opera (1966); bibliography by...
     
  • Drama, Western
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...The Western dramatic tradition has its origins in ancient Greece. The precise evolution...mime tradition has been suggested as the origin of the commedia dellarte of the Italian...theatricality led to the emergence of the opera in the 16th cent. and the triumph of...Henry Fielding and in John Gay s Beggars Opera (1728) seemed to offer a more interesting...
     
  • Asian Drama
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...although the dates of its origin are uncertain. See also Sanskrit...early 19th cent. the Beijing opera has been the dominant force...perhaps reflecting its popular origins, the Kabuki stage is marked...Sekhar, Sanskrit Drama: Its Origins and Decline (1977); T...
     
  • Chicago , City, United States
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...the homes of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Civic Opera. La Salle Street is the financial center. On the lakefront...DuSable or Point de Sable), a black man possibly of Haitian origin, set up a trading post at the mouth of the river. John Kinzie...
     

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