History of the Opera

History of the Opera
Henry Sutherland Edwards, british journalist (1828-1906)

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Table of Contents
-01- About this book
-02- MOTTO
-03- VOLUME I. HISTORY OF THE OPERA FROM ITS ORIGIN IN ITALY TO THE PRESENT TIME
-04- CHAPTER I. PREFACE
-05- CHAPTER II. INTRODUCTION OF THE OPERA INTO FRANCE AND ENGLAND
-06- CHAPTER III. ON THE NATURE OF THE OPERA
-07- PANARD AT THE OPERA
-08- CHAPTER IV. INTRODUCTION AND PROGRESS OF THE BALLET
-09- CHAPTER V. INTRODUCTION OF ITALIAN OPERA INTO ENGLAND
-10- CHAPTER VI. THE ITALIAN OPERA UNDER HANDEL
-11- CHAPTER VII. GENERAL VIEW OF THE OPERA IN EUROPE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL THE APPEARANCE OF GLUCK
-12- CHAPTER VIII. FRENCH OPERA FROM LULLI TO THE DEATH OF RAMEAU
-13- CHAPTER IX. ROUSSEAU AS A CRITIC AND AS A COMPOSER OF MUSIC.
-14- CHAPTER X. GLUCK AND PICCINNI IN PARIS
-15- VOLUME II. HISTORY OF THE OPERA FROM ITS ORIGIN IN ITALY TO THE PRESENT TIME
-16- CHAPTER XI. THE OPERA IN ENGLAND AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
-17- CHAPTER XII. OPERA IN FRANCE AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF GLUCK
-18- CHAPTER XIII. THE FRENCH OPERA BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION
-19- CHAPTER XIV. OPERA IN ITALY
-20- CHAPTER XV. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS AT THE LONDON OPERA HALF A CENTURY SINCE
-21- CHAPTER XVI. ROSSINI AND HIS PERIOD
-22- CHAPTER XVII. OPERA IN FRANCE UNDER THE CONSULATE EMPIRE AND  RESTORATION
-23- CHAPTER XVIII. DONIZETTI AND BELLINI
-24- CHAPTER XIX. ROSSINISPOHRBEETHOVENWEBER AND HOFFMANN
-25- FOOTNOTES