È caso da intermedio! Comic Theory, Comic Style and the Early Intermezzo

This dissertation is a study of the comic intermezzo’s literary origins and musical practice in the years before Pergolesi’s La serva padrona (1733). It begins with a chronological examination of Italian comic plays and operas written between 1660 and 1723. During these years comic playwrights ado...

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Main Author: Johnston, Keith
Other Authors: Parker, Mary Ann
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/31793