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| Author | : Scott L. Balthazar |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2004-11-18 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780521635356 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Verdi Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This 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 | : Nicholas Till |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 365 |
| Release | : 2012-10-18 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 0521855616 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Opera Studies Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The first comprehensive attempt to map the current field of opera studies by leading scholars in the discipline.
| Author | : Emanuele Senici |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2004-04-29 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780521001953 |
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| Author | : John Whenham |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 2007-12-13 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1139828223 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Claudio Monteverdi is one of the most important figures of 'early' music, a composer whose music speaks powerfully and directly to modern audiences. This book, first published in 2007, provides an authoritative treatment of Monteverdi and his music, complementing Paolo Fabbri's standard biography of the composer. Written by leading specialists in the field, it is aimed at students, performers and music-lovers in general and adds significantly to our understanding of Monteverdi's music, his life, and the contexts in which he worked. Chapters offering overviews of his output of sacred, secular and dramatic music are complemented by 'intermedi', in which contributors examine individual works, or sections of works in detail. The book draws extensively on Monteverdi's letters and includes a select discography/videography and a complete list of Monteverdi's works together with an index of first lines and titles.
| Author | : David Charlton |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 524 |
| Release | : 2003-09-04 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1139825895 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This 2003 Companion is a fascinating and accessible exploration of the world of grand opera. Through this volume a team of scholars and writers on opera examine those important Romantic operas which embraced the Shakespearean sweep of tragedy, history, love in time of conflict, and the struggle for national self-determination. Rival nations, rival religions and violent resolutions are common elements, with various social or political groups represented in the form of operatic choruses. The book traces the origins and development of a style created during an increasingly technical age, which exploited the world-renowned skills of Parisian stage-designers, artists, and dancers as well as singers. It analyses in detail the grand operas by Rossini, Auber, Meyerbeer and Halévy, discusses grand opera in Russia and Germany, and also in the Czech lands, Italy, Britain and the Americas. The volume also includes an essay by the renowned opera director David Pountney.
| Author | : Emanuele Senici |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2004-04-29 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1139826654 |
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This 2004 Companion is a collection of specially commissioned essays on one of the most influential opera composers in the repertoire. The volume is divided into four parts, each exploring an important element of Rossini's life, his world, and his works: biography and reception; words and music; representative operas; and performance. Within these sections accessible chapters, written by a team of specialists, examine Rossini's life and career; the reception of his music in the nineteenth century and today; the librettos and their authors; the dramaturgy of the operas; and Rossini's non-operatic works. Additional chapters centre on key individual operas chosen for their historical importance or position in the present repertoire, and include Tancredi, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Semiramide, and Guillaume Tell. The last section, Performance, focuses on the history of Rossini's operas from the viewpoint of singing and staging, as well as the influence of editorial work on contemporary performance practice.
| Author | : Zygmunt G. Baranski |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 470 |
| Release | : 2001-08-16 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1139825488 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This collection of essays provides a comprehensive account of the culture of modern Italy. Contributions focus on a wide range of political, historical and cultural questions. The volume provides information and analysis on such topics as regionalism, the growth of a national language, social and political cultures, the role of intellectuals, the Church, the left, feminism, the separatist movements, organised crime, literature, art, design, fashion, the mass media, and music. While offering a thorough history of Italian cultural movements, political trends and literary texts over the last century and a half, the volume also examines the cultural and political situation in Italy today and suggests possible future directions in which the country might move. Each essay contains suggestions for further reading on the topics covered. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Italian Culture is an invaluable source of materials for courses on all aspects of modern Italy.
| Author | : George Whitney Martin |
| Publisher | : University Rochester Press |
| Total Pages | : 498 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1580463886 |
Download Verdi in America Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A renowned Verdi authority offers here the often-astounding first history of how Verdi's early operas -- including one of his great masterpieces, Rigoletto -- made their way into America's musical life.
| Author | : Alison Latham |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 9780198167358 |
Download Verdi in Performance Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This collection of essays addresses the issue of how to make Verdi's operas relevant to modern audiences while respecting the composer's intentions. Here, both scholars and music and stage practitioners reflect current thinking on matters such as "authentic" staging, performance practice, and the role of critical editions.
| Author | : Ben Etherington |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2018-10-31 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1108612032 |
Download The Cambridge Companion to World Literature Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Cambridge Companion to World Literature introduces the significant ideas and practices of world literary studies. It provides a lucid and accessible account of the fundamental issues and concepts in world literature, including the problems of imagining the totality of literature; comparing literary works across histories, cultures and languages; and understanding how literary production is affected by forces such as imperialism and globalization. The essays demonstrate how detailed critical engagements with particular literary texts call forth differing conceptions of world literature, and, conversely, how theories of world literature shape our practices of readings. Subjects covered include cosmopolitanism, transnationalism, internationalism, scale and systems, sociological criticism, translation, scripts, and orality. This book also includes original analyses of genres and forms, ranging from tragedy to the novel and graphic fiction, lyric poetry to the short story and world cinema.
