Meaning of librettistics | Babel Free

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The study of librettos

uncountable

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“The brief comparative excursions into the >remaining< Italian librettists are both rare and unsystematic, not to mention⟳ the entire European librettistics.”

“Attention is given firstly to arguments within the system which generate⟳ the typical and frequently mentioned literary defects of libretto texts, but is also directed at texts and groups of texts to which prejudices about librettistics as a second-rate dramaturgy cannot be applied.”

“For this reason⟳, the attention I devote to the libretto might seem out of proportion to its status in the opera as a whole, yet I feel⟳ encouraged in this direction by the recent interest⟳ kindled by librettistics, a subject for which we owe⟳ much to our German and Italian colleagues.”

“(see⟳ title)”

CEFR level