McGeary, Thomas. <br/><br/>
The Cultural Politics of Opera, 1720-1742 :  The Era of Walpole, Pope, and Handel. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - Woodbridge :  Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated,  2024.  ©2024. 
 - 1 online resource (375 pages) 
 - Music in Britain, 1600-2000 Series ;  v.34 .
 - Music in Britain, 1600-2000 Series .
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<br/><br/>Front cover -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Introduction: Opera and Cultural Politics -- Chapter 1 Rise of Walpole and the Whig Oligarchy -- Chapter 2 The Royal Academy of Music and Its Audience -- Chapter 3 Bolingbroke and the Political Opposition -- Chapter 4 Opera and the Luxury Debate -- Chapter 5 Excise and the Patriot Opposition -- Chapter 6 Opera of the Nobility and the Furor Farinellicus -- Chapter 7 From Excise to the War of Jenkins' Ear -- Chapter 8 A Patriot Vision for Dramatic Music -- Chapter 9 Opera and the Politics of Taste -- Chapter 10 Opera in Formal Verse Satire -- Chapter 11 War of Jenkins' Ear and the Fall of Walpole -- Chapter 12 The New Dunciad: Opera and the Triumph of Dulness -- Coda: The Cultural Work of Opera -- Bibliography -- Index -- Previous volumes. 
<br/><br/> Explores the intersection of the world of opera, literature, and partisan politics to show how Italian opera was put to use in the 'culture wars' of the day. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781805433941 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Opera-18th century. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fernzugriff<br/>