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1 online resource (1 score (xxiv, 166 pages, 4 pages of plates)) : facsimiles. |
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notated music ntm rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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digital rdatr http://rdaregistry.info/termList/typeRec/1002 |
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speaker 1 soprano voice 1 mixed chorus SATB 1 orchestra 1 2 2 lcmpt |
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Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 115 |
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Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573 |
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Recent researches in the music of the Classical Era ; 115.
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Recent researches in music online. 2577-4573
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| Note |
Melodrama in 1 act. |
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For soloists, chorus, and orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, and glass harmonica). |
| Language |
German words. |
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Staff notation. |
| Note |
Includes introduction and critical report. |
| Summary |
"This is the first critical edition of Georg Anton Benda's Philon und Theone (1779). Benda is best known for his earlier melodramas Ariadne auf Naxos (1775), Medea (1775), and Pygmalion (1779), which are characterized by instrumental music that alternates and occasionally overlaps declaimed text and pantomime. Indeed, these works have come to define the genre and are considered the archetypal eighteenth-century German melodramas. Yet Benda's little-known Philon und Theone-an orphic story of a voyager searching for his lost beloved-challenges these models, for it embraces not only the instrumental music typical of the genre, but also vocal music. Furthermore, Philon und Theone includes a male, not the typical female, melodramatic protagonist, whose deteriorating cognitive state plays a central role in the story. This one-act work can therefore be understood as among the first "reform" melodramas that have hitherto received little scholarly attention yet can offer fresh insight into the aesthetic intersections of instrumental and vocal traditions around 1800." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Online resource (A-R Editions, viewed June 2, 2020). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Germany -- 18th century -- Scores.
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Melodrama, German -- 18th century -- Scores.
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Opéras -- Allemagne -- 18e siècle -- Partitions.
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Operas -- Scores
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Germany https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtCD3rcKcPDx6FHmjvrbd
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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| Genre/Form |
Melodramas (Music)
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One-act operas
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Operas
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Scores
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Operas.
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One-act operas.
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Melodramas (Music)
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Scores.
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Mélodrames (Musique)
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Partitions (Musique)
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| Added Author |
Glatthorn, Austin, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Benda, Georg, 1722-1795. Philon und Theone. Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., 2020. (OCoLC)1084578331 9781987204568 |
| ISBN |
9781987204575 (online) |
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1987204573 |
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9781987204568 (print) |
| Standard No. |
10.31022/C115 doi |
| Music No. |
C115 A-R Editions, Inc. (score) |
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