The Development of Certain Tendencies in Modern Opera / Thesis for the degree of Bachelor of Music

by Kathryn Eleanor Browne

Transcriber’s Note: This e-text is reproduced from the original typescript submitted by the author for her bachelor’s degree. Whilst undoubtedly she would have liked it to be error-free, it wasn’t, and for authenticity the typos etc. have been left in situ—save for the incorporation of her handwritten corrections, and some attention to missing/extraneous punctuation/spacing.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TENDENCIES IN MODERN OPERA

BY
KATHRYN ELEANOR BROWNE

THESIS
FOR THE
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC
IN
MUSIC

SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
1917

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

June 1, 1907

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BY KATHRYN ELEANOR BROWNE ENTITLED THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TENDENCIES IN MODERN OPERA.

IS APPROVED BY ME AS FULFILLING THIS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC

George F. Schwartz Instructor in Charge

APPROVED: J Lawrence Erb

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF Music

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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.]

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