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HISTORY

OF

T H E O P E R A,

from its Origin in Italy to the present Time.

WITH ANECDOTES
OF THE MOST CELEBRATED COMPOSERS AND VOCALISTS OF EUROPE.

BY
SUTHERLAND EDWARDS,
AUTHOR OF "RUSSIANS AT HOME," ETC.

"QUIS TAM DULCIS SONUS QUI MEAS COMPLET AURES?"
"WHAT IS ALL THIS NOISE ABOUT?"

VOL. I.

LONDON:
WM. H. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE.
——
1862.

[The right of translation and reproduction is reserved.]

LONDON: LEWIS AND SON, PRINTERS, SWAN BUILDINGS, (49) MOORGATE STREET.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
PAGE
Preface, Prelude, Prologue, Introduction, Overture, &c.—TheOrigin of the Opera in Italy, and its introduction into Germany.—ItsHistory in Europe; Division of the subject	1
CHAPTER II.
Introduction of the Opera into France and England	12
CHAPTER III.
On the Nature of the Opera, and its Merits as compared withother forms of the Drama	36
CHAPTER IV.
Introduction and progress of the Ballet	70
CHAPTER V.
Introduction of the Italian Opera into England	104
CHAPTER VI.
The Italian Opera under Handel	140
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