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Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests: The Supernatural in EighteenthCentury Musical Theater,Used
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Drawing on hundreds of operas, singspiels, ballets, and plays with supernatural themes, Magic Flutes and Enchanted Forests argues that the tension between fantasy and Enlightenmentera rationality shaped some of the most important works of eighteenthcentury musical theater and profoundly influenced how audiences and critics responded to them.David J. Buch reveals that despiteand perhaps even because oftheir fundamental irrationality, fantastic and exotic themes acquired extraordinary force and popularity during the period, pervading theatrical works with music in the French, German, and Italian mainstream. Considering prominent compositions by Gluck, Rameau, and Haydn, as well as many seminal contributions by lesserknown artists, Buch locates the origins of these magical elements in such historical sources as ancient mythology, European fairy tales, the Arabian Nights, and the occult. He concludes with a brilliant excavation of the supernatural roots of Mozarts The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni, building a new foundation for our understanding of the magical themes that proliferated in Mozarts wake.
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