Experiencing Verdi : a listener's companion / / Donald Sanders
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| Autore: |
Sanders Donald C. <1949->
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| Titolo: |
Experiencing Verdi : a listener's companion / / Donald Sanders
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 782.1092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Opera - Italy - 19th century |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Introduction; Timeline; 1 Italian Opera before Verdi; 2 The Early Years; Oberto: Synopsis; Oberto: The Music; 3 Change of Fortune and "Years in the Galleys"; Nabucco: Synopsis; Nabucco: The Music; Ernani: Synopsis; Ernani: The Music; Macbeth: Synopsis; Macbeth: The Music; 4 "Signora Verdi," New Hopes for Italy, and Three Iconic Operas; Rigoletto: Synopsis; Rigoletto: The Music; Il Trovatore: Synopsis; Il Trovatore: The Music; La Traviata: Synopsis; La Traviata: The Music; 5 Verdi the Statesman; Un ballo in maschera: Synopsis; Un ballo in maschera: The Music |
| Don Carlo(s): SynopsisDon Carlo(s): The Music; 6 Return to Milan; Aida: Synopsis; Aida: The Music; Messa da Requiem: The Music; 7 The Final Masterworks; Otello: Synopsis; Otello: The Music; Falstaff: Synopsis; Falstaff: The Music; 8 Death of the Maestro; Notes; Glossary; Selected Reading; Selected Listening; Operas; Choral Works; Chamber Music; Index; About the Author | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Experiencing Verdi: A Listener's Companion, Donald Sanders combines biography with simple, concise musical analysis. Summarizing the evolution of Italian opera and the bel canto tradition that prevailed at the beginning of Verdi's career, Sanders takes readers on a leisurely tour of eleven of Verdi's most important operas and of the Manzoni Requiem and concludes with a look at Verdi's influence on later composers like Giacomo Puccini, his place in the modern repertoire, |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Experiencing Verdi |
| ISBN: | 0-8108-8468-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787776603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Listener's Companion