How Long to Read The Secular Commedia

How Long Does it Take to Read The Secular Commedia?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 14 minutes to read The Secular Commedia by Wye Jamison Allanbrook

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Wye Jamison AllanbrookÕs The Secular Commedia is a stimulating and original rethinking of the music of the late eighteenth century. Hearing the symphonies and concertos of Haydn and Mozart with an ear tuned to operatic style, as their earliest listeners did, Allanbrook shows that this familiar music is built on a set of mimetic associations drawn from conventional modes of depicting character and emotion in opera buffa. Allanbrook mines a rich trove of writings by eighteenth-century philosophers and music theorists to show that vocal music was considered aesthetically superior to instrumental music and that listeners easily perceived the theatrical tropes that underpinned the style. Tracing Enlightenment notions of character and expression back to Greek and Latin writings about comedy and drama, she strips away preoccupations with symphonic form and teleology to reveal anew the kaleidoscopic variety and gestural vitality of the musical surface. In prose as graceful and nimble as the music she discusses, Allanbrook elucidates the idiom of this period for contemporary readers. With notes, musical examples, and a foreword by editors Mary Ann Smart and Richard Taruskin.

How long is The Secular Commedia?

The Secular Commedia by Wye Jamison Allanbrook is 252 pages long, and a total of 63,504 words.

This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Secular Commedia Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 47 minutes to read The Secular Commedia aloud.

What Reading Level is The Secular Commedia?

The Secular Commedia is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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