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librettistics

librettistics noun: the study of librettos.

Noun

librettistics (uncountable)

  1. The study of librettos
    • The brief comparative excursions into the >remaining< Italian librettists are both rare and unsystematic, not to mention the entire European librettistics.1970, Ennio Stipčević, “Review: Musica e storia tra Medio Evo e Età moderna”, in International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, volume 22, number 2
    • 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.2000, International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, page 125

Questions about librettistics

What does librettistics mean?
Librettistics means the study of librettos.
What part of speech is librettistics?
Librettistics is a noun.

Words near librettistics in the dictionary

  1. libre software
  2. libres
  3. libretti
  4. librettist
  5. librettistic
  6. librettistics
  7. librettists
  8. libretto
  9. librettology
  10. librettos
  11. Libreville

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