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Fluid texts, moving arias, shifting sands;
- Alternative title:
- the London opera libretto in the 18th-century
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Of course, many scholars working on opera and music theatre well understand the nature and origins of an opera libretto - or do they? The seductive lure of the printed page is strong, particularly when there is a score to ‘match’, or when there is no thematic catalogue to provide even a basic chart to navigate around the treacherous waters of the output of even some major 18th-century composers. A libretto is, after all, not ‘music’ - ‘that’s all very well, but why aren’t you talking about...
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- Publication status:
- Not published
- Peer review status:
- Not peer reviewed
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- English
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- ora:5991
- Deposit date:
- 2012-01-09
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- Copyright holder:
- Burden, M
- Copyright date:
- 2011
- Notes:
- Citation: Burden, M. (2011). 'Fluid texts, moving arias, shifting sands; the London opera libretto in the 18th-century. Paper presented at: Textual Manipulation, Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand 2011 conference, 3-4 November 2011, The Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
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