The Opera Book - The Stories of the Operas Together with 410 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical notation

The Complete Opera Book is a comprehensive guide to all things opera by Gustav Gobbé. It offers an overview of opera by looking at the various schools and their origins as well as the history of opera in general with reference to notable figures and works. This fascinating volume is ideal for opera lovers with an interest in the history and it would make for a fantastic addition to collection of allied literature. Contents include: Schools of Opera Opera Before Gluck Christoph Willibald Cluck 1741-1787 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791 Ludwig van Beethoven 1770-1827 Cari Maria von Weber 1786-1826 Why Some Operas are Rarely Given From Weber to Wagner Richard Wagner etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable modern high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.