Aspects of Verdi
Aspects of Verdi

Author: George Whitney Martin

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780879101725

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This collection of original essays ranges widely among the composer's interests and achievements: from his religious views to his skill as a cook, from the politics that galvanized him to the poetry that inspired him, from his earliest compositions to his final masterwork, Falstaff, completed at the age of 80. Drawing on original research and scholarship, this book also contains two of Verdi's early works, never before published in this form; a translated collection of his letters, also heretofore unpublished; the text of the Requiem with indications of Verdi's emphases; and a directory of his operas with sources, casts, theatres, and premiere dates.

Verdi's Middle Period
Verdi's Middle Period

Author: Martin Chusid

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 0226106586

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During the middle phase of his career, 1849-1859, Verdi created some of his best-loved and most frequently performed operas, including Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, and Un ballo in maschera. This was also the period in which he wrote his first completely original French grand opera, Les Vepres siciliennes; the first version of Simon Boccanegra; and the intensely dramatic Stiffelio, until recent years the most neglected of all Verdi's mature works for the operatic stage. Featuring contributions from many of the most active Verdi scholars in the United States and Europe, Verdi's Middle Period explores the operas composed during this period from three interlinked perspectives: studies of the original source material, cross-disciplinary analyses of musical and textual issues, and the relationship of performance practice to Verdi's musical and dramatic conception. Both musicologists and serious opera buffs will enjoy this distinguished collection.

Verdi in America
Verdi in America

Author: George Whitney Martin

Publisher: University Rochester Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 1580463886

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A renowned Verdi authority offers here the often-astounding first history of how Verdi's early operas -- including one of his great masterpieces, Rigoletto -- made their way into America's musical life.

Verdi's Theater
Verdi's Theater

Author: Gilles de Van

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1998-09-15

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 9780226143699

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But in the musical drama reality begins to blur, the musical forms lose their excessively neat patterns, and doubt and ambiguity undermine characters and situations, reflecting the crisis of character typical of modernity. Indeed, much of the interest and originality of Verdi's operas lie in his adherence to both these contradictory systems, allowing the composer/dramatist to be simultaneously classical and modern, traditionalist and innovator.

Verdi, Opera, Women
Verdi, Opera, Women

Author: Susan Rutherford

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-11-07

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1107043824

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Prologue : Verdi and his audience -- War -- Prayer -- Romance -- Sexuality -- Marriage -- Death -- Laughter.

Verdi
Verdi

Author: Mary Jane Phillips-Matz

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 941

ISBN-13: 9780198166009

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Written with exclusive access to the original Verdi family documents, this book explores the facts behind the myths of this extraordinary figure. Previously unknown aspects of Verdi's life are exposed in this biography, which took 30 years to write.

Fat Wednesday
Fat Wednesday

Author: John Verdi

Publisher: Paul Dry Books

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1589880544

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John Verdi probes how the inexplicable connections of words can help us understand the ever-changing connections of things that we actually see in everyday experience. In his preface he writes, "I explore two related concepts: aspect-seeing and experiencing the meaning of a word." Verdi considers how our experience of seeing aspects, wherever they appear, helps us imagine possible meanings for philosophy's opening question: "What is there?" He illuminates Ludwig Wittgenstein's ideas on language and perception while challenging readers to think through for themselves the different ways in which we see. A major influence in the development of analytic philosophy, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was a leading thinker in the study of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.

The Cambridge Companion to Verdi
The Cambridge Companion to Verdi

Author: Scott L. Balthazar

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-11-18

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9780521635356

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This Companion provides a biographical, theatrical, and social-cultural background for Verdi's operas, examines in detail important general aspects of its style and method of composing, and synthesizes stylistic themes in discussions of representative works. Aspects of Verdi's milieu, style, creative process, and critical reception are explored in essays by highly reputed specialists. Like others in the series this Companion is aimed primarily at students and opera lovers.

The Verdi Baritone
The Verdi Baritone

Author: Geoffrey Edwards

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 9780253220394

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One of the most significant developments in 19th-century Italian opera was the genesis of the Verdi baritone. The authors argue that the composer's baritone characters embody "a quintessential humanity, expressing needs and temptations, confusions and understandings, griefs and joys that transcend the particulars of time and place." The Verdi Baritone explores seven of the most fascinating roles in the repertory, revealing how they were conceived and executed. This eloquent book opens with a discussion of Verdi's early triumph, Nabucco; proceeds with Ernani, Macbeth, Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Simon Boccanegra; and concludes with his final great tragedy, Otello. Voice students, professional performers, their teachers and coaches, and opera lovers, will gain insight into Verdi's masterful use of text, music, and staging to portray each character's inner self.

Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi

Author: Gregory W. Harwood

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0415881897

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This comprehensive research guide surveys the most significant published materials relating to Giuseppe Verdi. This new edition includes research since the publication of the first edition in 1998.