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The Operas of Puccini

Door William Ashbrook

Categorie
Concert, Orkest & Opera
Boeknummer
#416654-XZ18
Titel
The Operas of Puccini
Auteur
Ashbrook, William
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Cassell
Jaar van uitgave
1969
ISBN10
0304933449
ISBN13
9780304933440
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original red cloth, dust jacket, musical scales, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Mr. Ashbrook's book is addressed equally to those who love Puccini's music and to those who want to know a good deal about it. While there have been several biographical studies of Puccini, no other book treats his operas, all twelve of them, in such detail and in close relation to his life. The author examines each opera musically, discusses the libretto and the performance history of each, and relates them to events in Puccini's life. He avoids excess psychological theorizing and stresses Puccini's professional activities and the course of his musical development, treating the composer and his works fairly and objectively as products of a particular time and place in history. Among the features of the book are: plot summaries of all the operas and a close condsideration of their dramatur... (Lees verder)gy as developed in the music; a review of the circumstances of composition of each opera; a description of Puccini's rejected ideas, which reveal his conception of suitable operatic form and subject; an account of the librettos' relation to the music and Puccini's own contributions to the librettos; a capsule history of each opera's performances with his revisions, which shed light on Puccini's sense of the musical theater; and detailed references to the authograph scores and proofs in Puccini's publisher's office, which offer fresh insight into his musical methods.
Pagina's
269
Conditie
Goed — Dust jacket discoloured at spine and worn along edges and corners.
Prijs
€ 10,00

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