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HISTORY OF THE OPERA.

CHAPTER I. PREFACE, PRELUDE, PROLOGUE, INTRODUCTION, OVERTURE, ETC.—THE ORIGIN OF THE OPERA IN ITALY, AND ITS INTRODUCTION INTO GERMANY.—ITS HISTORY IN EUROPE; DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT.

CHAPTER II. INTRODUCTION OF THE OPERA INTO FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

CHAPTER III. ON THE NATURE OF THE OPERA, AND ITS MERITS AS COMPARED WITH OTHER FORMS OF THE DRAMA.

CHAPTER IV. INTRODUCTION AND PROGRESS OF THE BALLET.

CHAPTER V. INTRODUCTION OF ITALIAN OPERA INTO ENGLAND.

CHAPTER VI. THE ITALIAN OPERA UNDER HANDEL.

CHAPTER VII. GENERAL VIEW OF THE OPERA IN EUROPE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY UNTIL THE APPEARANCE OF GLUCK.

CHAPTER VIII. FRENCH OPERA FROM LULLI TO THE DEATH OF RAMEAU.

CHAPTER IX. ROUSSEAU AS A CRITIC AND AS A COMPOSER OF MUSIC.

CHAPTER X. GLUCK AND PICCINNI IN PARIS.

HISTORY OF T H E O P E R A,

CONTENTS.

HISTORY OF THE OPERA.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII. OPERA IN FRANCE, AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF GLUCK.

CHAPTER XIII. THE FRENCH OPERA BEFORE AND AFTER THE REVOLUTION.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS AT THE LONDON OPERA, HALF A CENTURY SINCE.

CHAPTER XVI ROSSINI AND HIS PERIOD.

CHAPTER XVII. OPERA IN FRANCE UNDER THE CONSULATE, EMPIRE, AND RESTORATION.

CHAPTER XVIII. DONIZETTI AND BELLINI.

CHAPTER XIX. ROSSINI—SPOHR—BEETHOVEN—WEBER AND HOFFMANN.

INDEX, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.

History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time

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