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Mozart and Beethoven: The Concept of Love in Their Operas
by Singer, Irving
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0801819873
- ISBN 13
- 9780801819872
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. xii, 155 (1) pp, preface, I. Opera & Expression: 1. dramma per Musica; 2. Metaphor; 3. Words, Music, and Magnification; 4. The Performing of Emotions; 5. Myth and Erotic Phenomenology; 6. Mozart and Beethoven. Part II. Mozart - The Conflict of Don Giovanni: 1. A Passion for the Sensuous; 2. The Sensuous as a Part of Male Dominance; 3. Viva la Liberta; 4. The Daemonic in Don Govanni; 5. Death and the Commendatore; 6. Leporello's Dream; 7. Don Giovanni's Power over Women; 8. The Sorrows of Donna Anna; 9. The Charms of Zerlina; 10. The Madness of Elvira; 11. The Division in Mozart; 12. The Conflict Both Resolved and Unresolved. Part III. Mozart - Figaro, Cosi, 7 The Magic Flute: 1. Figaro and the Politics of the Sensuous; 2. Cosi fan tutti: The Battle of the Sexes; 4. A Change of Perspective. Part IV. Beethoven - The Passion in Fidelio; 1. Beethovian Paradoxes; 2. Fidelio as a Mystic Rite; 3. Gluck and Wagner; 4. The INfluence of Schiller; 5. The Dangers of Idealism; 6. The Passionate Remains; index. The Middle Ages Series: First Edition, 1977. Not Price Clipped. Inked inscription on ffep, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown faux-leather with gilt lettering to spine..
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004110
- Title
- Mozart and Beethoven: The Concept of Love in Their Operas
- Author
- Singer, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801819873
- ISBN 13
- 9780801819872
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, MD
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- MUSIC GERMAN COMPOSERS MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS (1756-1791) BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN (1770-1827) THEMES CONCEPT OF LOVE
- Bookseller catalogs
- MUSIC;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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