Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Lists of Illustrations
- List of Music Examples
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- Introduction
- 1 Opera in the English Manner
- 2 The Infiltration of Italian Music and Singing
- 3 Italian and English Singing and Partisan Politics
- 4 The Haymarket Theatre: A Whig Project
- 5 Whigs and Opera in the Italian Manner
- 6 1710: The Year of Great Change in Politics and Opera
- 7 Whigs Confront Opera: Britain at a Machiavellian Moment
- 8 Addison: Opera and the Politics of Politeness
- 9 The Whig Campaign for English Opera; Handel Celebrates the Peace
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1 Operatic Works Produced or Known in London, ca. 1660–1704
- Appendix 2 Principal Independent Theatre Masques Produced in London, 1676–1705
- Appendix 3 Opera Performances by Season in London, 1705–14
- Appendix 4 Aria Types in All-sung Operas Produced in London, 1705–14
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backmatter
Backmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 January 2023
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Lists of Illustrations
- List of Music Examples
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Note to the Reader
- Introduction
- 1 Opera in the English Manner
- 2 The Infiltration of Italian Music and Singing
- 3 Italian and English Singing and Partisan Politics
- 4 The Haymarket Theatre: A Whig Project
- 5 Whigs and Opera in the Italian Manner
- 6 1710: The Year of Great Change in Politics and Opera
- 7 Whigs Confront Opera: Britain at a Machiavellian Moment
- 8 Addison: Opera and the Politics of Politeness
- 9 The Whig Campaign for English Opera; Handel Celebrates the Peace
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1 Operatic Works Produced or Known in London, ca. 1660–1704
- Appendix 2 Principal Independent Theatre Masques Produced in London, 1676–1705
- Appendix 3 Opera Performances by Season in London, 1705–14
- Appendix 4 Aria Types in All-sung Operas Produced in London, 1705–14
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backmatter
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- Opera and Politics in Queen Anne's Britain, 1705-1714 , pp. 424 - 426Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2022