Melodramatic Moment : Music and Theatrical Culture, 1790-1820.

Edited by Katherine Hambridge and Jonathan Hicks. Ten articles explore the emergence of melodrama in late 18th-century Europe, and how early melodramas emphasized sound and music. With a foreword by James Chandler, afterword by Jacqueline Waeber, notes, bibliography, and index. Music examples. Black & white plates.

xii, 282 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 022654365X
ISBN13: 9780226543659