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OverviewThis study overturns twentieth-century thinking about pasticcio opera. This radical way of creating opera formed a counterweight, even a relief, to the trenchant masculinity of literate culture in the seventeenth century. It undermined the narrowing of nationalism in the eighteenth century, and was an act of gross sacrilege against the cult of Romantic genius in the nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, it found itself on the wrong side of copyright law. However, in the twenty-first century it is enjoying a tentative revival. This book redefines pasticcio as a method rather than a genre of opera and aligns it with other art forms which also created their works from pre-existing parts, including sculpture. A pasticcio opera is created from pre-existing music and text, thus flying in face of insistence on originality and creation by a solo genius. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Morgan BarnesPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press ISBN: 9781526165183ISBN 10: 152616518 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 16 July 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 The creative process 2 Origins and development 3 Pasticcio opera: the golden age 4 Rumours of death greatly exaggerated: 1780s to 1870s 5 Survival and revival -- .ReviewsAuthor InformationPeter Morgan Barnes is an opera director and research fellow at the University of Bristol. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |