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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Librettos"”.
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Design and Implementation of a Network Server in LibrettOS
… OS. This thesis proposes a network server for LibrettOS, an operating system based on rumprun unikernels and the Xen Hypervisor developed by Virginia Tech. The proposed network server is a service domain providing an L2 frame forwarding service for application domains and based on rumprun such …
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A bibliographical and textual study of the wordbooks for James Miller's Joseph and his brethren and Thomas Broughton's Hercules, oratorio librettos set to music by George Frideric Handel, 1743-44.
… and Chapter Two reclaims the literariness of the librettos and demonstrates their effectiveness. Chapter Three examines the two librettos in the composer’s and copyist’s manuscript musical scores prior to first publication of the wordbooks and reveals verbal changes made during composition of the …
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Interpretations of Richard Wagner's Music Drama in English-Language Poetry and Poetics (1848-1924)
… but little is known about the influence of his librettos and poetic style in English-speaking contexts. This PhD dissertation corrects this situation. Its main argument engages nineteenth-century poetry, revealing how Wagner affected nineteenth-century verse-writing practices: how his …
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A Character Study of Two Trouser Roles For Mezzo-Soprano In Opera: "Cherubino" From W. A. Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro and "Octavian" From R. Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier
… as reflected through the development of librettos in which they appear, a character study focusing on acting and technical problems for the performer, and musical analysis relevant to the understanding of these two trouser roles.</p>
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Für und Wider die Librettologie : Zu Geschichte und Kritik einer Librettoforschung des Gesangstheaters
… Fragen der Abgrenzung der Untersuchung des Librettos gegenüber einer (allgemeinen) Opernforschung behandelt oder - vor dem Hintergrund der vermehrten Applikation (inter-)medialer Ansätze auf den vorliegenden Problembereich - Überlegungen hinsichtlich der Semiotizität bzw. Semantizität …
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Poetry and Patronage: Alessandro Scarlatti, The Accademia Degli Arcadia, and the Development of the Conversazione Cantata in Rome 1700-1710
… settings of Antonio Ottoboni's cantata librettos in the anthology GB Lbm. Add. 34056. An examination of Arcadian cantatas and their texts reveals the nature of their audience, function, and their place within the historical development of the genre. The conversazione cantata did not …
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Anthony Newley: An Actor's Analysis Of A Musical Theatre Legacy
… autobiographical inspiration behind his unique librettos, mastery of performance, and scope of abilities extending into both commercial and artistic areas of theatre. The writing is filled with social and economic issues, religious references, and metaphorical concepts inviting audiences to …
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Leos Janaceks Oper 'Vec Makropulos'
… Aufführungen, die deutsche Übersetzung des Librettos und die Rezeptionsgeschichte behandelt. Der zweite Teil beinhaltet die analytische Darstellung der literarischen Vorlage für das Libretto der Oper, bei der es sich um das gleichnamige Theaterstück des tschechischen Dichters Karel Capek …
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Music and communication in Enlightenment Rome: doctrine, instruction, socialization, and style in the vocal works of the Collegio Nazareno (1704-1784)
… Catholic Enlightenment. The highly elaborated librettos, musical compositions, and performances produced in this institution were an essential part of a series of specific practices and rituals embodying that cultural atmosphere. They were thus important communicational vehicles for doctrine, …
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Ludwig van Beethoven "Christus am Oelberge" op. 85 : Studien zur Entstehungs- und Überlieferungsgeschichte
… der verschiedenen Textstadien und -fassungen des Librettos. Der zweite Anhang fasst – ebenfalls in tabellarischer Form – alle nachgewiesenen Aufführungen des Oratoriums im 19. Jahrhundert zusammen; allein die Zahl der Konzerte spricht hier für sich. Rein dokumentarischen Charakter hat der dritte …
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Making America Operatic: Six Composers' Attempts at an American Opera, 1910-1918
… chapters present in-depth analyses of the librettos and musical style of these scores, illustrating the emergence of a distinctively American operatic outlook during the decade. Reception history provides a central point of reference throughout these analytical chapters. The final chapter …
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THE POETRY OF RONALD DUNCAN
… was a man of letters who wrote poetry, plays, librettos, songs, short stories, journals, autobiographies, biographies and novels. He was strongly influenced by T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. Their poetics and personal advice enabled Duncan to produce a series of publications that pursued some …
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Musicalizing murder: defining the 'true crime musical'
… motive. In this study, I will utilize published librettos and performance reviews, as well as cast recordings, filmed archival production footage, and personal interviews, in order to locate and define the true crime musical and its distinctive interrogation and representation of violence and …
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Comus and the seventeenth century masque.
… the masque have passed away, learning only the librettos and rendering all the more difficult this task of comparing Comus with other seventeenth-century masques. But enough of introduction, or these few observations, like a prologue by Plautus, will give the story away before the proper time. …
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Tome : a chamber opera in one act
Tome, a chamber opera in one act on a libretto by Maile Meloy, tells the story of Laura, a lawyer whose client, Sawyer, is suing for a tort claim following a debilitating head injury he received while working construction, leaving him with a chimerical grasp on reality and a quickly eroding …
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Yerma: lyric drama in 3 acts & 6 scenes
Thesis (D.M.A.)--Boston University, 1962. From the play by Federico Garcia-Lorca, translated by James Graham-Lujan & Richard L. O'Connell.