Opera in Warsaw : A City of the European Enlightenment
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in Music and the City
ISBN-10
1009323563
ISBN-13
9781009323567
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 19th, 2024
Print length
86 Pages
Weight
146 grams
Dimensions
15.10 x 22.90 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
Music
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This Element shows Warsaw's life during King Stanislaw August Poniatowski's reign and showcases processes affecting opera dissemination in the late 18th century. Opera offered urban entertainment and served local utilitarian functions. Warsaw's participation in transnational circulations had significant consequences for the city and Europe.
A microcosm of busy operatic life during the reign of the enlightened King Stanislaw August Poniatowski (r. 176495), Warsaw reveals complex processes and entanglements affecting dissemination of opera in the late eighteenth century. To the fun-loving city torn by whimsical contradictions, imported as well as domestic opera provided attractive and increasingly accessible urban entertainment, while also serving important utilitarian functions prescribed by local initiatives. Warsaw''s participation in transnational circulations of works and performers encompasses both ideological and pragmatic factors that had far-reaching consequences not only for the city itself but also for Europe''s shared cultural space.
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