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Books on: opera origins

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Encyclopedia Articles on: opera origins

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

    ...company, based at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden , London...Wells Ballet, which had its origins in the Academy of Choreographic...then settled in the Royal Opera House in 1946. De Valois directed...Wells Ballet moved to the Royal Opera House. Based at Sadlers Wells...
     
  • 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...
     
  • 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...
     
  • 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...