Transcriber’s Note: This e-text is reproduced from the original typescriptsubmitted by the author for her bachelor’s degree. Whilst undoubtedly shewould have liked it to be error-free, it wasn’t, and for authenticity thetypos etc. have been left in situ—save for the incorporation of herhandwritten corrections, and some attention to missing/extraneouspunctuation/spacing.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TENDENCIESIN MODERN OPERA
BY
KATHRYN ELEANOR BROWNE
THESIS
FOR THE
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC
IN
MUSIC
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
1917
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
June 1, 1907
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BYKATHRYN ELEANOR BROWNE ENTITLED THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TENDENCIES INMODERN OPERA.
IS APPROVED BY ME AS FULFILLING THIS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEDEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC
George F. Schwartz Instructor in Charge
APPROVED: J Lawrence Erb
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF Music
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TENDENCIES IN MODERN OPERA.
Table of Contents.
| Introduction | Page 3. | |
| I | The Beginnings of Opera to Gluck | Page 5. |
| II | Gluck | Page 14. |
| III | Rossini and His School up to Wagner | Page 20. |
| IV | Wagner | Page 27. |
| V | Post Wagnerian School—Including Modern Russian, French, Italian, German and American Composers. | Page 34. |
| VI | Appendix of Tables | Page 44. |
| Table I, General | Page 46. | |
| Table II, Number and Kind of Characters | Page 48. | |
| Table III, Orchestration | Page 50. | |
| Table IV, Solos | Page 52. | |
| Table V, Recitative | Page 54. | |
| Table VI, Ensemble | Page 56. | |
| Table VII, Chorus | Page 58. | |
| VII | Bibliography | Page 60. |