The Zarzuela Companion

, by Webber, Christopher; Domingo, Plácido

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ISBN: 9780810844476 | 0810844478
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 10/16/2002

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The Zarzuela Companion is a comprehensive guide to the zarzuela's most popular and romantic works written after 1850, with chapters devoted to the major Spanish zarzuela composers, writers and singers. Complete synopses of all sixty works selected are delivered at the level of detail necessary for non-Spanish speakers to follow along with ease. The book also features special sections on the history of the genre, and on the parallel Catalan and Cuban zarzuela traditions.

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Zarzuela: A Brief History	p. 1
Zarzuela Today	p. 7
Francisco Alonso	p. 11
La calesera	p. 12
Las leandras	p. 15
Me llaman la presumida	p. 19
La parranda	p. 22
Emilio Arrieta	p. 27
Marina	p. 28
Francisco Asenjo Barbieri	p. 33
El barberillo de Lavapies	p. 34
Jugar con fuego	p. 37
Pan y toros	p. 40
Tomas Breton	p. 47
La verbena de la Paloma	p. 48
Ruperto Chapi	p. 53
La bruja	p. 54
La patria chica	p. 58
La revoltosa	p. 60
El rey que rabio	p. 63
La tempestad	p. 67
Federico Chueca	p. 73
Agua, azucarillos y aguardiente	p. 74
La alegria de la huerta	p. 78
El ano pasado por agua	p. 81
El bateo	p. 83
El chaleco blanco	p. 85
La Gran Via	p. 87
Manuel Fernandez Caballero	p. 91
El duo de la africana	p. 92
Gigantes y cabezudos	p. 95
El senor Joaquin	p. 98
Los sobrinos del capitan Grant	p. 100
La viejecita	p. 105
Joaquin Gaztambide	p. 109
El juramento	p. 110
Geronimo Gimenez	p. 117
La tempranica	p. 118
Jacinto Guerrero	p. 123
Los gavilanes	p. 124
El huesped del Sevillano	p. 127
La monteria	p. 131
La rosa del azafran	p. 134
Jesus Guridi	p. 139
El caserio	p. 140
Vicente Lleo	p. 145
La corte de Faraon	p. 146
Pablo Luna	p. 151
El asombro de Damasco	p. 152
Molinos de viento	p. 156
El nino judio	p. 159
La picara molinera	p. 162
Rafael Millan	p. 167
La dogaresa	p. 168
Federico Moreno Torroba	p. 173
La chulapona	p. 174
Luisa Fernanda	p. 178
Manuel Penella	p. 185
Don Gil de Alcala	p. 186
Jose Serrano	p. 191
Alma de Dios	p. 192
La cancion del olvido	p. 194
Los Claveles	p. 198
La dolorosa	p. 202
Pablo Sorozabal	p. 207
Black, el payaso	p. 208
Don Manolito	p. 212
Katiuska	p. 215
La del manojo de rosas	p. 218
La tabernera del puerto	p. 222
Reveriano Soutullo and Juan Vert	p. 227
La leyenda del beso	p. 229
La del soto del Parral	p. 232
Tomas Lopez Torregrosa	p. 237
La fiesta de San Anton	p. 238
El santo de la Isidra	p. 240
Jose Maria Usandizaga	p. 243
Las golondrinas	p. 244
Amadeu Vives	p. 249
Bohemios	p. 250
Dona Francisquita	p. 253
La Generala	p. 257
Maruxa	p. 260
La villana	p. 263
Nineteenth Century	p. 269
Twentieth Century	p. 277
Catalan Sarsuela	p. 283
Cuban Zarzuela	p. 287
Writers	p. 291
Singers	p. 301
Appendices
Select Discography	p. 313
Bibliography	p. 323
Glossary	p. 325
Index	p. 329
About the Author	p. 343
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