Number opera
A number opera (
intermezzi.[2] The number opera format was standard until the mid-19th century and most opera genres, including opera seria, opera buffa, opéra comique, ballad opera, Singspiel, and grand opera, were constructed in this fashion.[1]
The replacement of numbers with more continuous music began in operas by
The number opera was strongly condemned by
Many operatic composers subsequent to Wagner adopted his approach., number opera format has remained the norm.
References
Notes
- ^ a b c d "Number opera" in New Grove.
- ^ a b c d e Apel, p. 582.
- ^ Chris Walton, "Neo-classical opera" in Cooke, p. 108.
- ^ Busoni, Ferruccio (1918). Arlecchino. Part.-Biibl. 1700. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel. See this work page of the International Music Score Library Project. Accessed 3 October 2009.
Sources
- Apel, Willi, ed. (1969). Harvard Dictionary of Music, Second Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-37501-7.
- Cooke, Mervyn (2005). ISBN 0-521-78009-8. See also Google Books partial preview. Accessed 3 October 2009.
- Sadie, Stanley; John Tyrrell, eds. (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition. New York: Grove's Dictionaries. ISBN 1-56159-239-0.