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The Singing Turk: Ottoman Power and Operatic Emotions on the European Stage from the Siege of Vienna to the Age of Napoleon
The Singing Turk Ottoman Power and Operatic Emotions on the European Stage from the Siege of Vienna to the Age of Napoleon
Author: Larry Wolff
While European powers were at war with the Ottoman Empire for much of the eighteenth century, European opera houses were staging operas featuring singing sultans and pashas surrounded by their musical courts and harems. Mozart wrote The Abduction from the Seraglio. Rossini created a series of works, including The Italian Girl in Algiers. And the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780804795777
ISBN-10: 0804795770
Publication Date: 7/13/2016
Pages: 472
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Publisher: Stanford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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