Barthold Feind
Oxford Grove Music Encyclopedia:
Top
Barthold Feind
(b Hamburg, 1678; d there, 15 Oct 1721). German lawyer, poet and aesthetician. He was a leading librettist for the Hamburg Opera, writing texts for Keiser and Graupner. He insisted that opera must be a distinct and realistic genre, not simply spoken drama set to music.
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Oxford Grove Music Encyclopedia
The Concise Grove Dictionary of Music. Copyright © 1994 by Oxford University Press, Inc.. All rights reserved.
Read more