Abstract
With the operas "Frossini", "Markos Votzaris", "Despo" and dozens of songs of national character, Pavlos Carrer as a composer lays “the groundwork for the Hellenic melodrama” and takes decisive steps toward the creation of an independent Greek music school. He is a typical case of the pan-European national music school. Just like his Russian, Bohemian or Scandinavian colleagues, Carrer also gives precedence to opera and vocal music which he considers as the appropriate musical vehicle, he turns to local colour and national subjects, choosing the plots of his operas from episodes from the recent Greek history, featuring local and national heroes.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Pavlos Carrer, Frossini |
Place of Publication | Athens |
Publisher | Greek National Opera |
Pages | 58-67 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- music
- music theatre
- music history
- Musicology
- performance
- performing arts
- Modern Greece
- Modern Greek Culture
- Modern Greek Studies
- Nineteenth century literature and culture
- Nineteenth century music
- Nineteenth century studies
- opera
- Opera studies
- Ionian islands
- Ionian opera
- Creative industries
- cultural heritage