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The Tenth Muse: How Maria Antonia Advanced the Pastoral Opera

The Tenth Muse: How Maria Antonia Advanced the Pastoral Opera

James, April L.

Paperback

MusiciansClassical MusicGerman History

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN13: 9798891090064
Publisher: Self Publishing
Published: Apr 29 2024
Pages: 284
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Her Highness' music and life are set within the larger sweep of history, showing us a woman whose music gave voice not only to herself, but to other musicians.


If you could travel back in time, which era would you like to explore?


Take a captivating trip to the opulent courts of 18th-century Munich and Dresden, where Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa was known to be a visionary and extraordinary patron of the arts during her lifetime as The Tenth Muse for her accomplishments in multiple areas of the arts. April Lynn James brings this nearly-forgotten figure to life in the first book-length biography in English about the Princess who would become Electress of Saxony. Maria Antonia and her first opera, Il trionfo della fedeltà, were celebrated inside and outside the courts of Europe. The pastoral opera was popular with the female nobility, but Maria Antonia took the genre to new heights, finding it an ideal venue in which to explore themes of love, fidelity and female self-presentation.

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