{"product_id":"the-singing-turk-ottoman-power-and-operatic-emotions-on-the-european-stage-from-the-siege-of-vienna-to-the-age-of-napoleon-9781503608238","title":"The Singing Turk: Ottoman Power and Operatic Emotions on the European Stage from the Siege of Vienna to the Age of Napoleon","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile European powers were at war with the Ottoman Empire for much of the eighteenth century, European opera houses were staging operas featuring singing sultans and pashas surrounded by their musical courts and harems. Mozart wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Abduction from the Seraglio\u003c\/i\u003e. Rossini created a series of works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Girl in Algiers\u003c\/i\u003e. And these are only the best known of a vast repertory. This book explores how these representations of the Muslim Ottoman Empire, the great nemesis of Christian Europe, became so popular in the opera house and what they illustrate about European-Ottoman international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter Christian armies defeated the Ottomans at Vienna in 1683, the Turks no longer seemed as threatening. Europeans increasingly understood that Turkish issues were also European issues, and the political absolutism of the sultan in Istanbul was relevant for thinking about politics in Europe, from the reign of Louis XIV to the age of Napoleon. While Christian European composers and publics recognized that Muslim Turks were, to some degree, different from themselves, this difference was sometimes seen as a matter of exotic costume and setting. The singing Turks of the stage expressed strong political perspectives and human emotions that European audiences could recognize as their own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11227073\"\u003eLarry Wolff\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503608238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503608239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS037050\"\u003eModern | 18th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER011020\"\u003eTheater | History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry Wolff\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History and Director of the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at New York University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePaolina's Innocence: Child Abuse in Casanova's Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Idea of Galicia: History and Fantasy in Habsburg Political Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVenice and the Slavs: The Discovery of Dalmatia in the Age of Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment\u003c\/i\u003e--all published by Stanford University Press. Visit Larry Wolff's website at www.singingturk.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44572851077357,"sku":"9781503608238","price":40.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_cfa96574-df8c-40e2-852e-8a6c0f8b5a66.jpg?v=1701968946","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-singing-turk-ottoman-power-and-operatic-emotions-on-the-european-stage-from-the-siege-of-vienna-to-the-age-of-napoleon-9781503608238","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}