Music in opera, a historical anthology.

Author
Brody, Elaine [Browse]
Format
Musical score
Language
English
Published/​Created
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1970]
Description
604 p. 29 cm.

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Library of Congress genre(s)
Notes
  • With piano acc.; originally for orchestra.
  • Words in the original languages with English translations.
Bibliographic references
Bibliography: p. 593-598.
Contents
  • "Per quel vago boschetto" from Euridice / Peri
  • Toccata, ritornello, prologue from Orfeo / Monteverdi
  • "Dunque fa degno" (Orfeo) / Monteverdi
  • "Possente spirto" (Orfeo) / Monteverdi
  • "Lasciate i monti" (Orfeo) / Monteverdi
  • "Speranza, tu mi vai" from L'incoronazione di Poppea / Monteverdi
  • "Sento un certo" (Poppea) / Monteverdi
  • "Pur ti miro" (Poppea) / Monteverdi
  • Overture to Alceste / Lully
  • "Il faut passer" (Alceste) / Lully
  • Overture to Dido and Aeneas / Purcell
  • "Whence could so much virtue spring..." (Dido) / Purcell
  • The Witches' Cave (Dido) / Purcell
  • "In our deep vaulted cell" (Dido) / Purcell
  • "Ah, Belinda" (Dido) / Purcell
  • "Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid..." (Dido) / Purcell
  • "O cessate di piagarmi" from Pompeo / Scarlatti
  • "Ach, Nero ist nicht Nero mehr" from Octavia / Keiser
  • "Va tacito e nascosto" from Giulio Cesare / Handel
  • Minuets / Rameau
  • "Quel bruit, quels vents" from Hippolyte et Aricie / Rameau
  • "Ah se intorna a quest'una funesta" from Orfeo ed Euridice / Gluck
  • "Chiamo it mio ben..." (Orfeo) / Gluck
  • "Che puro ciel" (Orfeo) / Gluck
  • "Fortune ennemie" (Orfeo et Euridice) / Gluck
  • Overture to Alceste / Gluck
  • "In braccio alla vendetta..." from / Il trionfo dell'onore / Scarlatti
  • "How happy could I be with either" from The Beggar's Opera / Gay-Pepusch
  • "I'm bubbled" (Beggar's Opera) / Gay-Pepusch
  • "Sempre in contrasti" from La Serva Padrona / Pergoiesi
  • "Per te ho io nel core" (Serva Padrona) / Pergolesi
  • "J'ai perdu tout mon bonheur" from Le Devin du village / Rousseau
  • "Bald die Blonde" from Lisuart und Dariolette / Hiller --
  • "Se vuol ballare... Voi che sapete" from Le Nozze di Figaro / Mozart
  • "In quali eccesi... Mi tradi" from Don Giovanni / Mozart
  • "Alla bella Despinetta" from Cosi fan tutte / Mozart
  • "Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja" from Die Zauberflote / Mozart
  • "Mir ist so wunderbar" from Fidelio / Beethoven
  • "Ha! welch' ein Augenblick!" (Fidelio) / Beethoven
  • "Wie kalt ist es in diesem unterirdischen Gewolbe" (Fidelio) / Beethoven
  • "Voyez sur cette roche" from Fra Diavolo / Auber
  • "Gloire, gloire au grand Dieu vengeur" from Les Huguenots / Meyerbeer
  • "C'est ici?... Ah je ris de me voir" from Faust / Gounod
  • "Largo al factotum" from / Il barbiere di Siviglia / Rossini
  • "Sediziose voci... Casta Diva" from Norma / Bellini
  • "O giusto cielo"... Il dolce suono" [The Mad Scene] from Luciadi Lammermoor / Donizetti
  • "Uhui, uhui,..." [The Wolf's Glen Scene] from Der Freischutz / Weber
  • "Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz" (Freischutz) / Weber
  • "Johohoe" from Der Fliegende Hollander / Wagner
  • "In fernem Land" from Lohengrin / Wagner
  • "Dass der mein Vater nicht ist" from Siegfried / Wagner
  • Prelude (a segment of the piece) from Tristan und Isolde / Wagner
  • "Mir erkoren, mir verloren" (Tristan) / Wagner
  • "Kennst du der Mutter Kunste nicht?" (Tristan) / Wagner
  • "O Konig, das kann ich dir nicht sagen" (Tristan) / Wagner
  • "O Wonne, nein" (Tristan) / Wagner
  • Final bars of Tristran und Isolde / Wagner
  • Prelude to Act III of Die Meistersinger / Wagner
  • "Ah, fors'e lui... Sempre libera" from La Traviata / Verdi
  • "Credo in un Dio crudel" from Otello / Verdi
  • "Mia madre aveva una povera ancella" (Otello) / Verdi
  • Final bars of Otello / Verdi
  • Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov / Mussorgsky
  • Polka from The Bartered Bride / Smetana
  • "Je vais danser en votre honneur" from Carmen / Bizet
  • "Eh! j'imagine que cette belle enfant" from Manon / Massenet
  • "Hotelier de malheur!" (Manon) / Massenet
  • "Ah! quelle journee! Tu es fatigue?" from Louise / Charpentier --
  • "Le sue rendite oneste da un pezzo non riceve" from La Boheme / Puccini
  • "Chi e la?..." (Boheme) / Puccini
  • Introductory music from Tosca / Puccini
  • "Pourquoi pleures-tu?" from Pelleas et Milisande / Debussy
  • "Je vais me coucher sur le marbre" (Pelleas) / Debussy
  • "Je ne puis me pencher davantage" (Pelleas) / Debussy
  • "Non, non, nous n'avons pas ete coupables" (Pelleas) / Debussy
  • "Wo ist er, dessen Sundenbecher jetzt voll ist?" from Salome / Strauss
  • "Prinzessin, ich flehe, geh' hinein!" (Salome) / Strauss
  • "Dein Mund ist roter als die Fusse der Manner," (Salome) / Strauss
  • "Lass mich deinen Mund kussen" (Salome) / Strauss
  • "Es wird Schreckliches geschehn" (Salome) / Strauss
  • "Da kommt ein Licht!" from Erwartung / Schoenberg
  • "Muhlrad mehr sehn" from Wozzeck / Berg
  • "Eia popeia," (Wozzeck) / Berg
  • "Ubrigens, ein Paar Lippen!" (Wozzeck) / Berg
  • Scene change to scene 3, "Ich seh'nichts" (Wozzeck) / Berg
  • "Ein Jager aus der Pfalz" (Wozzeck) / Berg
  • "Wie der Mond rot aufgeht!" (Wozzeck) / Berg
  • "Ich find's nicht" (Wozzeck) / Berg
  • "Damn you, give me dem bones!" from Porgy and Bess / Gershwin
  • "Good mornin', Mister Archdale," (Porgy) / Gershwin
  • "Peter tell me one thing" from Peter Grimes / Britten
  • "Clear the court!" (Peter Grimes) / Britten
  • "Fair lady, gracious gentlemen," from The Rake's Progress / Stravinsky
  • "With air commanding and weapon handy" (Rake's Progress) / Stravinsky
  • "Allo, allo, mais non, Madame," from La Voix humaine / Poulenc
  • "Allo, Mad'moisell', il me redemand'" (Voix humaine) / Poulenc
  • "Depeche-toi. Vas-y." (Voix humaine) / Poulenc
  • "Bomarzo!" (Bomarzo) / Ginastera
  • "O Rex gloriae (Bomarzo) / Ginastera
  • "Emperador Lucifer" (Bomarzo) / Ginastera.
ISBN
0136081096
LCCN
70118317
OCLC
1232239
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