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Author: Gabriele Baldini
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1980-11-13
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780521297127
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA translation of Baldini's acclaimed study of verdi's operatic masterpieces, with new editorial additions.
Author: Giorgio Bagnoli
Publisher: Amadeus
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781574674484
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVERDI'S OPERAS: AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF PLOTS CHARACTERS SOURCES AND CRITICISM
Author: Martin Chusid
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 0226106586
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring 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.
Author: Martin Chusid
Publisher: Hackensack, N.J. : J. Boonin
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 226
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Hardcastle
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Published: 2012-03-07
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 0857127624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe life and work of the greatest of all Italian composers, Giuseppe Verdi, including the much-loved anecdotes, which the author firmly believes reflect both historical and mythic truths about their subject. Covers all Verdi operas, from the early works in the bel canto tradition to the late masterpieces Otello and Falstaff.
Author: Julian Budden
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 554
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Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 746
ISBN-13: 1452911916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Scott L. Balthazar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-11-18
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780521635356
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Julian Budden
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 568
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Giuseppe Verdi
Publisher: Alma Books
Published: 2018-01-01
Total Pages: 83
ISBN-13: 071454499X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe subject cannot fail!' exulted Verdi, when recommending Victor Hugo's play Le Roi s'amuse to his librettist. But the censors made every effort to stop it, and the baritone was not easily convinced that a hunchback role would suit him. Jonathan Keates gives a vivid insight into the composition of a masterpiece. Verdi long afterwards thought it his best work, and Roger Parker explains why. Peter Nichols, author of several bestselling books in Italy, picks out some of the peculiarly Italian attitudes and characters in the opera which make it timeless - and incredibly modern.Contents: Introduction, Jonathan Keates; Musical Commentary, Roger Parker; The Timelessness of 'Rigoletto', Peter Nichols; Rigoletto: Text by Francesco Maria Piave after Victor Hugo's 'Le Roi s'amuse'; Rigoletto: English translation by James Fenton
