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Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Author: Thomas Dodman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022649313X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Nostalgia today is seen as essentially benign, a wistful longing for the past. This wasn't always the case, however: from the late seventeenth century through the end of the nineteenth, nostalgia denoted a form of homesickness so extreme that it could sometimes be deadly. What Nostalgia Was unearths that history. Thomas Dodman begins his story in Basel, where a nineteen-year-old medical student invented the new diagnosis, modeled on prevailing notions of melancholy. From there, Dodman traces its spread through the European republic of letters and into Napoleon's armies, as French soldiers far from home were diagnosed and treated for the disease. Nostalgia then gradually transformed from a medical term to a more expansive cultural concept, one that encompassed Romantic notions of the aesthetic pleasure of suffering. But the decisive shift toward its contemporary meaning occurred in the colonies, where Frenchmen worried about racial and cultural mixing came to view moderate homesickness as salutary. An afterword reflects on how the history of nostalgia can help us understand the transformations of the modern world, rounding out a surprising, fascinating tour through the history of a durable idea.

Author: John Denison Champlin
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 648

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Author: John Denison Champlin
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 720

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Author: Boston Public Library. Allen A. Brown Collection of Music
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 590

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Author: Donizetti Society
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Category : Opera
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Author: Leo Perutz
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
ISBN: 9781559701709
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Risking everything to attain the woman and station of his dreams, a thief changes places with the Swedish cavalier he meets on a bitter winter's day in 1701.

Author: Karyl Charna Lynn
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 1461706785
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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Italian Opera in the 18th and 19th centuries was an experience unequaled anywhere else in the world. The unique emotion, flavor, and passion that existed have yet to be attained in any other country. Opera houses in Italy are the birthplace of this great art form. They represent its beauty and richness. More than just concrete, stone, glass, and wood, they are alive, each with a character and history of its own. This work recreates the social, political, architectural, and performance histories of each house by including eyewitness accounts from Italian newspapers, journals, and books of the time. It covers more than 50 Italian opera houses and festivals, organized by their city of origin and geographic region. Each chapter is a journey back in time, beginning with the first theaters and performances in the city and concluding with an architectural description of the principal theater and a practical information guide for visitors (including hotel recommendations). The operatic activities of the main theater, including inaugurations, important performances, and world premieres, are also covered. A photospread, along with brief descriptions of opera-related sites, including the birthplaces, dwellings, and museums of Italy's greatest composers, give an even more complete portrait of the art.

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Category : Geology
Languages : it
Pages : 848

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