Giacomo Meyerbeer
The Non-Operatic Texts
Beyond his famous operas, Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote extensively for the voice in other genres. This volume presents the texts for his non-operatic stage works, occasional public pieces, sacred music, and songs, in the original and in English translation.
Beyond his famous operas, Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote extensively for the voice in other genres. This volume presents the texts for his non-operatic stage works, occasional public pieces, sacred music, and songs, in the original and in English translation.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Cantatas for Festive Occasions
Giacomo Meyerbeer’s cantatas were written for royal and civic commissions to celebrate dynastic events and praise famous men. His powers of lyric beauty and dramatic pomp are amply in evidence, revealing a forgotten side to the great operatic composer.
Giacomo Meyerbeer’s cantatas were written for royal and civic commissions to celebrate dynastic events and praise famous men. His powers of lyric beauty and dramatic pomp are amply in evidence, revealing a forgotten side to the great operatic composer.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
Music by Royal Command
This collection reveals unknown non-operatic works by the great operatic master Meyerbeer. From a substantial cantata to celebratory marches and brief choruses, these manuscript scores were all written ‘by Royal Command’ for German Royal families.
This collection reveals unknown non-operatic works by the great operatic master Meyerbeer. From a substantial cantata to celebratory marches and brief choruses, these manuscript scores were all written ‘by Royal Command’ for German Royal families.
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Jephtas Gelübde (Jephtha's Vow) - Orchestral Score
Though Meyerbeer's first opera, Jephtas Gelübde (1812), failed at its premiere, this score contains the seeds of his future greatness. It reveals his famed orchestral virtuosity and psychological exploration, pointing beyond Gluck toward Weber-Wagner.
Though Meyerbeer’s first opera, Jephtas Gelübde (1812), failed at its premiere, this score contains the seeds of his future greatness. It reveals his famed orchestral virtuosity and psychological exploration, pointing beyond Gluck toward Weber-Wagner.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
L'Africaine Deuxième Partie (22 morceaux et fragments inédits)
This volume presents the pieces of music—from fragments to whole scenes—not used in the final performing edition of Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine. These unused variants remain a crucial source for the history and future of this great opera.
This volume presents the pieces of music—from fragments to whole scenes—not used in the final performing edition of Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine. These unused variants remain a crucial source for the history and future of this great opera.
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'Alimelek, oder Die beiden Kalifen'
Meyerbeer’s opera Wirt und Gast is based on an Arabian Nights tale. Championed by Weber for its delicate instrumentation, it shows astonishing maturity for a composer of twenty-one, using recurrent themes to present the plot’s conflict before Wagner.
Meyerbeer’s opera Wirt und Gast is based on an Arabian Nights tale. Championed by Weber for its delicate instrumentation, it shows astonishing maturity for a composer of twenty-one, using recurrent themes to present the plot’s conflict before Wagner.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
A Reader
Giacomo Meyerbeer remains an enigma. Once one of the most famous of all composers, his reputation declined amidst growing hostility. This Reader reflects his immense fame, the dismissal he faced, and the recent rediscovery and re-evaluation of his art.
Giacomo Meyerbeer remains an enigma. Once one of the most famous of all composers, his reputation declined amidst growing hostility. This Reader reflects his immense fame, the dismissal he faced, and the recent rediscovery and re-evaluation of his art.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
A Critical Life and Iconography
Once a titan of opera, Giacomo Meyerbeer's legacy was all but erased. Based on newly recovered private papers, this definitive biography reveals the man behind the myth, charting his downfall and modern rediscovery.
Once a titan of opera, Giacomo Meyerbeer’s legacy was all but erased. Based on newly recovered private papers, this definitive biography reveals the man behind the myth, charting his downfall and modern rediscovery.
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Jephtas Gelübde (Jephtha's Vow) – Vocal/Piano Score
Meyerbeer’s first opera, Jephtas Gelübde, transforms the Biblical tale of a tragic vow into a rescue opera. Containing the seeds of his future genius, the music points towards Weber and Wagner, realizing a powerful story of love and duty.
Meyerbeer’s first opera, Jephtas Gelübde, transforms the Biblical tale of a tragic vow into a rescue opera. Containing the seeds of his future genius, the music points towards Weber and Wagner, realizing a powerful story of love and duty.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
A Guide to Research
The result of years of research, this guide is an essential bibliographical aid for Giacomo Meyerbeer. It presents his papers, music, and correspondence alongside resources on his life, contemporaries, and historical context, from scores to modern recordings.
The result of years of research, this guide is an essential bibliographical aid for Giacomo Meyerbeer. It presents his papers, music, and correspondence alongside resources on his life, contemporaries, and historical context, from scores to modern recordings.
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Sacred Works
Giacomo Meyerbeer is famed for opera, but he also wrote a body of carefully crafted religious works throughout his life. These pieces, from youthful songs to monumental psalms, reveal the depth of his religious convictions and ecumenical openness.
Giacomo Meyerbeer is famed for opera, but he also wrote a body of carefully crafted religious works throughout his life. These pieces, from youthful songs to monumental psalms, reveal the depth of his religious convictions and ecumenical openness.
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Reputation without Cause? A Composer and his Critics
Giacomo Meyerbeer was the most successful composer of grand operas in nineteenth-century Paris, yet today his operas have become stage rarities. This is the first broad evaluation of Meyerbeer in English, a study of his reputation's vicissitudes.
Giacomo Meyerbeer was the most successful composer of grand operas in nineteenth-century Paris, yet today his operas have become stage rarities. This is the first broad evaluation of Meyerbeer in English, a study of his reputation’s vicissitudes.
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The Complete Libretti in Eleven Volumes (in the Original and in English Translations by Richard Arsenty with Introductions by Robert Ignatius Letellier)
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama's voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
This volume presents the libretto for Meyerbeer’s final grand opéra, L’Africaine. A fictional treatment of Vasco da Gama’s voyage, it is a mixture of history and fairytale. In this edition, the original text and its English translation are on facing pages.
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This volume of Meyerbeer’s non-operatic work is devoted to his secular choral writing for male voices, solo songs with chorus, and songs with instrumental obbligato and local colour. These include patriotic anthems, a tribute to Beethoven, and laments.
This volume of Meyerbeer’s non-operatic work is devoted to his secular choral writing for male voices, solo songs with chorus, and songs with instrumental obbligato and local colour. These include patriotic anthems, a tribute to Beethoven, and laments.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer Orchestral Works
The Incidental Music to Struensee, Fackeltänze, Overtures,Marches, Ballet Music Piano Score
Giacomo Meyerbeer, a master of 19th-century opera, was renowned for impassioned drama and vivid orchestral power. This volume gathers his finest orchestral works, from famous opera ballets and marches to grand festive overtures waiting to be rediscovered.
Giacomo Meyerbeer, a master of 19th-century opera, was renowned for impassioned drama and vivid orchestral power. This volume gathers his finest orchestral works, from famous opera ballets and marches to grand festive overtures waiting to be rediscovered.
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Among the earliest books on Edvard Grieg, and written while he was still alive, this volume is a thorough account of the man and his music. It explores his influences, from Ibsen to Norwegian folk music, making it indispensable for scholars and newcomers alike.
Among the earliest books on Edvard Grieg, and written while he was still alive, this volume is a thorough account of the man and his music. It explores his influences, from Ibsen to Norwegian folk music, making it indispensable for scholars and newcomers alike.
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This accessible work traces Haydn's development as both a man and a composer. It details his compositions, social habits, humour, and piety, and includes a useful catalogue of his works, a selection of his letters, and his last will and testament.
This accessible work traces Haydn’s development as both a man and a composer. It details his compositions, social habits, humour, and piety, and includes a useful catalogue of his works, a selection of his letters, and his last will and testament.
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This book reimagines Dido and Aeneas as a site of cultural memory, tracing how artists and audiences have reshaped its meaning across boundaries. It reveals how Dido’s lament continues to be significant precisely because it is never the same.
This book reimagines Dido and Aeneas as a site of cultural memory, tracing how artists and audiences have reshaped its meaning across boundaries. It reveals how Dido’s lament continues to be significant precisely because it is never the same.
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Hindustani Traces in Malay Ghazal
'A song, so old and yet still famous'
This monograph investigates the Malay ghazal, in its various shapes and with its different meanings, in order to study the musical traces of Hindustani culture. It describes the development of the ghazal, from its early forms to its modern transformation into local art.
This monograph investigates the Malay ghazal, in its various shapes and with its different meanings, in order to study the musical traces of Hindustani culture. It describes the development of the ghazal, from its early forms to its modern transformation into local art.
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The concern of this anthology is the relationship between traditional music and archives as seen from historical and epistemological perspectives. The articles within focus on archives, individual and collective memory, and heritage as today’s recreation of the past.
The concern of this anthology is the relationship between traditional music and archives as seen from historical and epistemological perspectives. The articles within focus on archives, individual and collective memory, and heritage as today’s recreation of the past.
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