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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465800303321

Autore

Osborne Richard <1943->

Titolo

Rossini [[electronic resource] ] : his life and works / / Richard Osborne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-4356-1719-3

9786611162474

1-281-16247-7

0-19-972440-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (429 p.)

Collana

The master musicians

Disciplina

782.1092

B

Soggetti

Composers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Key to Sigla; 1 The Formative Years (1792-1810); 2 Venice and Milan (1811-1814); 3 Arrival in Naples (1815); 4 Rome and II barbiere di Siviglia (1816); 5 Naples, Rome, and Milan (1816-1817); 6 Mosè in Egitto and Return to Pesaro (1818); 7 1819-1821; 8 Vienna, Verona, Venice (1822-1823); 9 Paris and London (1823-1824); 10 Paris (1824-1829); 11 Retirement from Operatic Composition; 12 Bologna, Paris, Madrid (1829-1834): Stabat mater, Olympe Pélissier, and Balzac; 13 Paris, the Rhineland, and Return to Italy (1835-1846)

14 Times of Barricades and Assassinations: Bologna, Florence, and Departure from Italy (1847-1855)15 Return to Paris (1855); 16 Saturday Soirées and a New Mass; 17 Last Years (1865-1868); 18 Entr'acte: Some Problems of Approach to the Works; 19 The Early Operas (I): Farse for Venice's Teatro San Moisè; 20 Overtures; 21 The Early Operas (II): Demetrio e Polibio, L'equivoco stravagante, Ciro in Babilonia, La pietra del paragone; 22 Tancredi: Heroic Comedy and the Forming of a Method; 23 L'italiana in Algeri: Formal Mastery in the Comic Style

24 Milan and Venice (1813-1814): Aureliano in Palmira, II turco in



Italia, Sigismondo 25 Arrival in Naples (1815-1816): Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra, La gazzetta; 26 Il barbiere di Siviglia and the Transformation of a Tradition; 27 Otello and the Confrontation of Tragedy; 28 La Cenerentola: An Essay in Comic Pathos; 29 La gazza ladra and the Semiseria Style; 30 Armida and the New Romanticism; 31 Mosè in Egitto (1818-1819) and Moïse et Pharaon (1827); 32 A Lost Masterpiece and a Forgotten Favourite: Ermione and Ricciardo e Zoraide; 33 Rossini and Scott: La donna del lago

34 Maometto II (1820) and Le Siège de Corinthe (1826)35 Back from the Shadows: Matilde di Shabran and Zelmira; 36 Farewell to Italy: Semiramide; 37 Il viaggio a Reims (1825) and Le Comte Ory (1828); 38 Guillaume Tell; 39 Sacred Music: Messa di Gloria, Stabat mater, Petite messe solennelle; 40 Vocal and Piano Music: Early Songs, Giovanna d'Arco, Les soirées musicales, Péchés de vieillesse; Appendixes; A: Calendar; B: List of Works; C: Personalia; D: Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

List of Illustrations   Key to Sigla   Preface to First Edition   Preface to Second Edition   1. The formative years (1792-1810)  2. Venice and Milan (1811-14)  3. Arrival in Naples (1815)  4. Rome and Il barbiere di Siviglia (1816)  5. Naples, Rome and Milan (1816-17)  6 Mose in Egitto and Return to Pesaro (1818).   7. 1819-21  8. Vienna, Verona, Venice (1822-3)  9. Paris and London (1823-4)  10 Paris (1824-9)  11. Retirement from operatic composition  12. Bologna, Paris, Madrid (1829-34), Stabat mater, Olympe Pd'elissier, and Balzac  13. Paris, the Rhineland, and return to Italy (1835-46)  1