FRANCESCO ALGAROTTI: AN ESSAY ON THE OPERA (Saggio sopra l’opera in musica) The editions of 1755 and 1763, 1st Edition

This book is the first translation into the English language of a comprehensive study of opera and its constituent parts by an accomplished writer of the eighteenth century. Francesco Algarotti was concerned with developing opera as drama and a move away from the elaborate formality of the Baroque to a more naturalistic style. The Essay in its original Italian had considerable influence on the reform opera of Christoph Willibald Gluck.FRANCESCO ALGAROTTI: AN ESSAY ON THE OPERA (Saggio sopra l’opera in musica) The editions of 1755 and 1763 1st Edition is written by Burgess, Robin and published by Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publishers. ISBNs for FRANCESCO ALGAROTTI are 9781800795068, 1800795068 and the print ISBNs are 9781800795051, 180079505X. Additional ISBNs include 9781800795075, 9781800795082.