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

by Kathryn Eleanor Browne

TABLE III. ORCHESTRATION.

A Date.	B Name.	C Composer.	D % of Entire Orchestration.	E % of Overture.	F % of Ballet.	G % of Interludes.
1600	Rappresentatione de Anima	Cavalieri	14.39	2.07	—	12.32
1675	King Arthur	Purcell	30.1	5.21	3.34	21.55
1731	La Serva Padrona	Pergolese	14.35	2.45	—	11.90
1762	Orfeus	Gluck	26.85	14.87	9.01	2.97
1767	Alceste	Gluck	32.92	3.61	18.45	10.86
1784	Le Domine Noir	Auber	23.6	10.97	—	13.6
1787	Don Giovanni	Mozart	15.91	7.39	—	8.52
1762	L'Amant Jaloux	Gretry	4.17	2.64	—	1.97
1800	Les Deux Journees	Cherubini	22.56	16.95	1.41	4.5
1805	Fidelio	Beethoven	26.00	7.4	—	18.6
1816	The Barber of Seville	Rossini	22.15	8.98	—	13.17
1821	Der Freischütz	Weber	51.03	21.09	3.27	26.67
1831	La Somnambula	Bellini	19.61	3.35	—	16.26
1832	Le Postilion Lonjuneaux	Adam	19.6	4.85	—	14.85
1835	Lucia di Lammermoor	Donizetti	8.92	2.33	1.45	5.14
1843	The Bohemian Girl	Balfe	32.6	16.25	10.32	5.09
1847	Martha	Flotow	18.85	1.293	—	17.57
1866	Mignon	Thomas	19.7	6.52	—	13.2
1867	Romeo and Juliet	Gounod	29.6	2.45	3.97	22.14
1874	Aida	Verdi	29.82	6.42	10.53	12.87
1875	Carmen	Bizet	31.6	4.5	9.2	17.9
1882	Parsifal	Wagner	31.2	5.1	—	26.1
1887	Samson and Delilah	Saint-Saens	35.6	—	17.42	18.18
1890	Cavalleria Rusticana	Mascagni	31.6	21.72	.93	8.95
1892	Il Pagliacci	Leoncavello	25.77	15.15	—	10.62
1893	Le Cid	Massenet	36.31	3.4	5.6	27.31
1894	Hansel and Gretel	Humperdinck	36.2	16.5	—	19.7
1896	Cricket on the Hearth	Goldmark	33.6	5.29	—	28.31
1900	Louise	Charpentier	25.6	4.75	—	20.85
1904	Madame Butterfly	Puccini	33.4	5.42	—	28.00
1905	Eugene Onegin	Tschaikovski	32.4	3.52	9.65	19.33
1905	Salome	Strauss	19.89	—	7.42	12.47
1913	L'Amour dei Tre Re	Montemezzi	24.6	—	—	24.6
1914	Madeleine	Herbert	22.41	—	—	22.41

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TABLE IV. SOLOS.

A Date.	B Name.	C Composer.	D % of entire solos.	E % of Soprano.	F % of Mezzo Sop.	G % of Alto.	H % of Tenor.	I % of Baritone.	J % of Bass.
1600	Rappresentatione de Anima	Cavalieri	14.21	10.2	—	—	2.6	—	1.31
1675	King Arthur	Purcell	21.3	7.4	—	4.061	4.62	—	5.219
1731	La Serva Padrona	Pergolese	25.73	19.1	—	—	—	—	6.63
1762	Orfeus	Gluck	15.27	6.52	—	8.75	—	—	—
1767	Alceste	Gluck	23.5	14.8	—	—	4.5	—	33.6
1784	La Domine Noir	Auber	18.68	14.92	—	—	.92	—	2.84
1787	Don Giovanni	Mozart	30.13	15.02	—	—	3.27	4.29	7.55
1762	L'Amant Jaloux	Gretry	6.53	3.98	—	—	.95	—	1.58
1800	Les Deux Journees	Cherubini	13.5	4.3	2.1	—	5.72	—	1.38
1805	Fidelio	Beethoven	35.17	17.06	—	—	14.32	—	3.79
1816	The Barber of Seville	Rossini	17.28	3.42	—	6.68	3.813	1.52	1.847
1821	Der Freischütz	Weber	18.9	8.76	—	—	3.41	2.41	4.32
1831	La Somnambula	Bellini	15.19	5.35	1.07	—	4.53	2.25	1.99
1832	Le Postillon Lonjuneaux	Adam	12.76	2.67	—	—	5.33	—	4.76
1835	Lucia di Lammermoor	Donizetti	39.83	13.6	4.5	—	14.12	3.25	4.36
1843	The Bohemian Girl	Balfe	23.7	4.95	—	—	7.86	6.24	5.25
1847	Martha	Flotow	8.73	4.53	.414	—	2.81	—	.742
1866	Mignon	Thomas	21.42	5.28	5.32	—	6.71	4.11	—
1867	Romeo and Juliet	Gounod	32.71	14.9	—	—	7.36	3.51	6.94
1874	Aida	Verdi	17.405	5.69	5.03	—	3.56	—	3.125
1875	Carmen	Bizet	26.71	9.87	—	.09	7.43	1.29	8.03
1882	Parsifal	Wagner	28.67	5.24	—	—	6.59	9.62	7.22
1887	Samson and Delilah	Saint-Saens	25.43	6.00	6.27	—	6.00	6.42	—
1890	Cavalleria Rusticana	Mascagni	12.3	6.24	—	—	5.19	.87	—
1892	Il Pagliacci	Leoncavello	40.2	13.25	—	—	13.9	13.07	—
1893	Le Cid	Massenet	25.83	15.2	—	—	5.31	1.4	3.92
1894	Hansel and Gretel	Humperdinck	25.47	5.63	12.59	—	—	7.25	—
1896	Cricket on the Hearth	Goldmark	16.86	10.16	—	—	1.09	2.4	3.21
1900	Louise	Charpentier	23.97	5.6	.27	3.8	9.41	4.89	—
1904	Madame Butterfly	Puccini	12.87	7.98	—	—	3.96	.874	—
1905	Eugene Onegin	Tschaikovsky	33.96	10.42	2.37	.531	3.29	8.34	8.909
1905	Salome	Strauss	46.2	23.4	—	—	15.27	3.5	4.03
1913	L'Amour dei Tre Re	Montemezzi	33.24	5.32	—	—	9.64	9.72	7.56
1914	Madeleine	Herbert	50.19	15.06	—	—	10.5	8.39	16.23

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TABLE V. RECITATIVE.