English Theatre Music in the Eighteenth Century

English Theatre Music in the Eighteenth Century
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 726
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Book Synopsis English Theatre Music in the Eighteenth Century by : Roger Fiske

Download or read book English Theatre Music in the Eighteenth Century written by Roger Fiske and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1986 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the first edition: "Written with style and wit; it is consistently entertaining, as such monumental surveys rarely manage to be."--Musical Quarterly. "First class."--Times Literary Supplement. From pantomime to opera, this revised edition discusses all the dramatic genres of the 18th-century English theater.


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