Preface iii
ChapterI ' ComposerandLibrettist I Gluck's Procedure I Mozart's Procedure 2
Lortzing's Procedure
Wagner's Procedure 12
The Strauss-Debussy Procedure (The Literary Opera) 16
Chapter II : The Subject of an Opera 21
Chapter III
What Shall Be the Form? 28
: Laws of Construction
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39 41
43 46 56
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74 90
No Superfluous Interludes
Wagner on Perspicuity
Restrict Changes of Scene
Choosing a Title
Exposition, Development, Denouement Whatis Dramatic?
"Intrigue" and "Counter-Intrigue"
How Does One Characterize?
The Usual Dramatic Roles 68 Analysis of the "Scene"
Analysis of the "Act"
Chapter IV : A Practical Example ioo Eugene Scribe's Libretto Technic, Il- lustrated by the Book of the
Comedy-Opera "Le Part du Diable" Conclusion
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