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The Story of Opera

by E. Markham Lee

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — What Is Opera?
  3. 3Chapter II — Different Schools Corresponding With the Growth of Mus…
  4. 4Chapter III — The Reformers of Opera: Monteverde, Gluck, and Wagner
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Beginnings of Opera
  6. 6Chapter V — Early Italian, French, German, and English Opera
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Operas of Gluck and the Great Composers
  8. 8Chapter VII — Some Lesser Stars in the Operatic Firmament
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Some Lesser Stars in the Operatic Firmament
  10. 10Chapter IX — Some Lesser Stars in the Operatic Firmament
  11. 11Chapter X — English Opera of the Eighteenth and Part of the Ninetee…
  12. 12Chapter XI — Wagner and His Operas
  13. 13Chapter XII — Modern Opera Since Wagner’s Reforms
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Slavonic Opera
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Opera To-Day in Italy, Germany, France, and England
  16. 16Chapter XV — Operatic Enterprise in England
  17. 17Chapter XVI — How to Listen to and Enjoy Opera
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Chief Opera Houses of the World
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Offshoots and Curiosities of Opera
  20. 20Chapter XIX — A Chapter of Chatter
  21. 21Appendices
  22. 22Appendix A
  23. 23Appendix B
  24. 24Appendix C
  25. 25Appendix D
  26. 26Appendix E

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