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CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
  4. Editorial Policies xv
  5. Abbreviations xvii
  6. INTRODUCTION 3
  7. PART ONE: Opera Buffa as Entertainment
  8. CHAPTER ONE. Opera Buffa as Sheer Pleasure 27
  9. CHAPTER TWO. Opera Buffa’s Conservative Frameworks 52
  10. CHAPTER THREE. Opera Buffa’s Social Reversals 71
  11. PART TWO: The Closed Musical Numbers of Opera Buffa and Their Social Implications
  12. CHAPTER FOUR. Arias: Some Issues 95
  13. CHAPTER FIVE. Class and Gender in Arias: Five Aria Types 110
  14. CHAPTER SIX. Ensembles 156
  15. CHAPTER SEVEN. Beginning and Ending Together: Introduzioni and Finales 196
  16. PART THREE: Così Fan Tutte le Opere? A Masterwork in Context
  17. CHAPTER EIGHT. Così fan tutte in Conversation 247
  18. CHAPTER NINE. Così fan tutte and Convention 273
  19. APPENDIX ONE. Operas Consulted 299
  20. APPENDIX TWO. Musical Forms in Opera Buffa Arias 305
  21. APPENDIX THREE. Plot Summaries for I finti eredi, Le gare generose, and L’incognita perseguitata 309
  22. Works Cited 313
  23. Index 323
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The Culture of Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments xi
  4. Editorial Policies xv
  5. Abbreviations xvii
  6. INTRODUCTION 3
  7. PART ONE: Opera Buffa as Entertainment
  8. CHAPTER ONE. Opera Buffa as Sheer Pleasure 27
  9. CHAPTER TWO. Opera Buffa’s Conservative Frameworks 52
  10. CHAPTER THREE. Opera Buffa’s Social Reversals 71
  11. PART TWO: The Closed Musical Numbers of Opera Buffa and Their Social Implications
  12. CHAPTER FOUR. Arias: Some Issues 95
  13. CHAPTER FIVE. Class and Gender in Arias: Five Aria Types 110
  14. CHAPTER SIX. Ensembles 156
  15. CHAPTER SEVEN. Beginning and Ending Together: Introduzioni and Finales 196
  16. PART THREE: Così Fan Tutte le Opere? A Masterwork in Context
  17. CHAPTER EIGHT. Così fan tutte in Conversation 247
  18. CHAPTER NINE. Così fan tutte and Convention 273
  19. APPENDIX ONE. Operas Consulted 299
  20. APPENDIX TWO. Musical Forms in Opera Buffa Arias 305
  21. APPENDIX THREE. Plot Summaries for I finti eredi, Le gare generose, and L’incognita perseguitata 309
  22. Works Cited 313
  23. Index 323
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