First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

During his long career, Edward Dent wrote on a variety of musical subjects, ranging from substantial articles in the most learned journals to less weighty pieces in Radio Times. This volume aims to reflect that variety. Some of the articles are now of primarily historical interest, others offer insights of a fundamental kind; all are informed by Dent's witty and distinctive prose style. In editing this collection, Hugh Taylor has drawn on writings from 1903 to 1951 and included two pieces originally written in Italian and published here in English for the first time. As well as providing...

Dent's lectures here show that romantic opera had its origins not in Germany but in the music-dramas of revolutionary France.

This 1952 volume contains an English translation of The Servant of Two Masters, one of Goldoni's most celebrated comedies.

Originally published in 1951, this book contains the complete text of Il Mostro Turchino, or The Blue Monster, by Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi (1720 1806). The play is presented in an English translation, with a detailed introduction containing information on historical context. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in eighteenth-century Italian drama and translation."