Faust - Romeo Et Juliet
Faust - Romeo Et Juliet

Author: Mary Dibbern

Publisher: Pendragon Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9781576471012

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In 1850, the French mezzo-soprano Pauline Viardot wrote to her friend Turgenev: "Among that mass of talented composers who are witty in a vulgar sort of way, intelligible not because of their clarity but because of their trivilaity, the appearance of a musical personality such as Gounod's is so rare that one cannot welcome him heartily enough." Pendragon Press welcomes this addition to their Vox Musicae Series of Operatic Performance Guides by Mary Dibbern. The libretti and literary sources of Gounod's two masterpieces are studied in depth. The libretto section includes word-by-word translations into English and IPA transcriptions of both libretti in their final, opéra-comique versions. Dibbern explains how the literary source materials were converted into libretti, as well as the history of the various musical editions and versions. Numerous illustrations have been provided by a member of Gounod's family.

Gounod's Roméo Et Juliette
Gounod's Roméo Et Juliette

Author: Burton D. Fisher

Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing

Published: 2005-11-01

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 1102009059

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Burton D. Fisher's extremely popular Mini Guides feature Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and an insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis of the opera.

Carmen
Carmen

Author: Nico Castel

Publisher: Leyerle Publications

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 742

ISBN-13:

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The Operas of Charles Gounod
The Operas of Charles Gounod

Author: Steven Huebner

Publisher: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; Toronto : Oxford University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13:

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Gounod was the leading opera composer in France in the mid-nineteenth century, and his best-known operas, including Faust and Romeo and Juliette, date from that time. Despite the overwhelming success of Faust and Gounod's immense influence on all French composers of the later nineteenth century, he has been virtually ignored by scholars until now. Huebner here charts the composer's career and deals with each of the major operas, discussing not only the music but also the critical reception and source material. He considers aspects of the composer's musical style and outlines his influence on subsequent generations of composers.

Faust
Faust

Author: Adolphe d'Ennery

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2012-01-26

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1434449696

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French dramatist Adolphe d'Ennery (1811-1899) follows the Faust story originally developed by Goethe, but with a leavening of humor that the German playwright lacked. Especially entertaining is the character of the female demon Sulphurine, who's created by Faust's servant Wagner to be his slave. Needless to say, this she-devil is no one's mistress! Faust initially repels the advances of Mephistopheles, but suddenly finds himself in love with the young woman Marguerite, whom the devil has dangled in front of him. Now he wants the youth and vigor that Old Nibs has offered, and is willing to do whatever's necessary to gain the girl's love. But "love" is not part of the equation, as he discovers to his ultimate dismay. A marvelous--and highly entertaining--version of the Faust legend.

Faust
Faust

Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Publisher:

Published: 1872

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13:

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Berlioz
Berlioz

Author: D. Kern Holoman

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 710

ISBN-13: 9780674067783

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A captivating and sumptuously illustrated biography, Berlioz is not only a complete account of the Romantic era composer, but also an acute analysis of his compositions and a description of his work as a conductor and critic. 139 halftones, 3 maps, 160 musical examples.