Project Gutenberg 2012-08-19 Public domain in the USA. 1442 Kobbé, Gustav 1857 1918 Kobbe, Gustav The Complete Opera Book The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Opera_Book Produced by Charlene Taylor, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Complete Opera Book" by Gustav Kobbé is a comprehensive reference work on opera written in the early 20th century. This publication serves as a detailed guide to the stories of operas, presenting analyses alongside musical notation of over 400 significant arias and motives. It touches upon the evolution of opera across different schools, particularly Italian, French, and German, while also highlighting key composers and their works. The opening of the book introduces readers to the essential schools of opera, explaining the distinctive characteristics of each: the melodic focus of Italian opera, the rich orchestration of French compositions, and the dramatic depth found in German operas. Furthermore, it discusses the evolution leading to Gluck’s reforms, which aimed to restore balance between vocal and instrumental elements in opera, emphasizing the importance of dramatic expression over mere vocal display. Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" is noted as a pivotal work that marked the transition to a more dramatic and expressive form of opera. Overall, this introductory segment effectively sets the stage for a deep exploration of operatic history and analysis. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40540/40540-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 70.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Operas -- Stories, plots, etc. MT Text Category: Music Category: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference 2157064 2025-08-16T12:14:04.839364 text/html 2081779 2012-08-19T13:53:30 text/html 23046194 2025-08-16T12:15:07.202090 application/epub+zip 19428259 2025-08-16T12:14:23.239272 application/epub+zip 844344 2025-08-16T12:14:12.330282 application/epub+zip 14218064 2025-08-16T12:15:29.217461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 13952575 2025-08-16T12:14:53.501133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1275301 2022-09-18T14:37:59.360423 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1632076 2025-08-16T12:13:51.592454 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1612200 2024-10-23T10:18:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1629859 2012-08-19T13:53:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1630427 2012-08-19T13:53:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21248 2025-08-16T12:15:29.503399 application/rdf+xml 20235 2025-08-16T12:14:12.816313 image/jpeg 2570 2025-08-16T12:14:12.582299 image/jpeg 621395 2012-08-19T13:54:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 23138658 2012-08-19T13:54:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 620070 2012-08-19T13:54:36 application/octet-stream application/zip 23139223 2025-08-16T12:14:07.256302 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia