Opera in the jazz age: cultural politics in 1920s Britain

'Opera in the Jazz Age' examines the place of opera in the contemporary 'battle of the brows': a debate, prompted by the growth of the mass entertainment industry, about the extent to which art forms ought to be labelled 'highbrow', 'middlebrow', or 'lowb...

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1. Verfasser: Wilson, Alexandra 1973- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2019
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:'Opera in the Jazz Age' examines the place of opera in the contemporary 'battle of the brows': a debate, prompted by the growth of the mass entertainment industry, about the extent to which art forms ought to be labelled 'highbrow', 'middlebrow', or 'lowbrow'. The text considers this question from a number of viewpoints, examining topics including: the audience for opera during the period; opera's interactions with forms of popular culture including jazz, film, and middlebrow novels; and the ways in which different types and nationalities of opera were categorised differently
Beschreibung:Previously issued in print: 2019. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN:9780190912697
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190912666.001.0001

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