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                  THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TENDENCIES
                             IN MODERN OPERA

                                   BY
                         KATHRYN ELEANOR BROWNE

                                 THESIS
                                 FOR THE
                       DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC
                                   IN
                                  MUSIC

                             SCHOOL OF MUSIC
                         UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
                                  1917




UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS


                                                             June 1, 1907

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BY

                         KATHRYN ELEANOR BROWNE

ENTITLED THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TENDENCIES IN MODERN OPERA.

IS APPROVED BY ME AS FULFILLING THIS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEGREE OF

                            BACHELOR OF MUSIC

    George F. Schwartz
    Instructor in Charge

    APPROVED: J Lawrence Erb

                       HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF Music




THE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN TENDENCIES IN MODERN OPERA.




Table of Contents.


  Introduction                                                Page 3.

  I    The Beginnings of Opera to Gluck                       Page 5.

  II   Gluck                                                  Page 14.

  III  Rossini and His School up to Wagner                    Page 20.

  IV   Wagner                                                 Page 27.

  V    Post Wagnerian School