Opera In Postwar Venice : Cultural Politics and The Avant-Garde.

Opera In Postwar Venice : Cultural Politics and The Avant-Garde.

Boyd-Bennett, Harriet.

(Cambridge Studies In Opera)

Cambridge Univ. Press  ©2018,2021

Focusing on opera and modernism in postwar Venice, Boyd-Bennett challenges assumptions about music in the twentieth century.This book argues that Venice had a flourishing avant-garde culture following World War II, and explores the relationship between opera and politics during this period. The author takes fresh looks at operas by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Nono, and more. With an introduction, bibliography, and index. Figures. Music examples.

xv, 226 p.; 25 cm.
Paper

Language: English
ISBN: 1316620573
ISBN13: 9781316620571

Opera In Postwar Venice : Cultural Politics and The Avant-Garde.

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