Operatic Pasticcios in 18th-Century Europe:Contexts, Materials and Aesthetics (Mainz Historical Cultural Sciences)

by: Berthold Over (Author, Editor),Gesa zur Nieden(Editor)

Publisher: Transcript Verlag

Publication Date: 15 May 2021

Language: English

Print Length: 798 pages

ISBN-10: 3837648850

ISBN-13: 9783837648850

Book Description

In Early Mode times, techniques of assembling, compiling and arranging pre-existing material were part of the established working methods in many arts. In the world of 18th-century opera, such practices ensured that operas could become a commercial success because the substitution or compilation of arias fitting the singer’s abilities proved the best recipe for fulfilling the expectations of audiences. Known as “pasticcios” since the 18th-century, these operas have long been considered inferior patchwork. The volume collects essays that reconsider the pasticcio, contextualize it, define its preconditions, look at its material aspects and uncover its aesthetical principles.
In Early Mode times, techniques of assembling, compiling and arranging pre-existing material were part of the established working methods in many arts. In the world of 18th-century opera, such practices ensured that operas could become a commercial success because the substitution or compilation of arias fitting the singer’s abilities proved the best recipe for fulfilling the expectations of audiences. Known as “pasticcios” since the 18th-century, these operas have long been considered inferior patchwork. The volume collects essays that reconsider the pasticcio, contextualize it, define its preconditions, look at its material aspects and uncover its aesthetical principles.

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