Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-176) and index.
Contents:
Imperial Rio de Janeiro musical milieu. Via Paris ; Brilliant immigrants ; The magic mirror ; The theater ; Concerts ; Too much to do -- Embracing opera. A tale of Isoldes and Otellos ; A place to see and be seen ; Italian opera via Paris ; A local tradition ; Competing crazes ; Paying for opera ; Operatic subculture -- Music for the elite. A special mystique ; Club Mozart ; Club Beethoven ; A dream comes true ; Imported music criticism -- Music, satire, and politics. An international musical phenomenon ; The infernal dance ; The final number ; The operetta model ; Musical reviews ; The politics of representation -- The national, the European, the local, and the foreign. Foreign music as a national symbol ; Imported musical nationalism ; Exotic national music ; Singing in Portuguese ; A flexible border.
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