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Additional Authors

Balthazar, Scott L.

Description

xxvi, 336 p. : music; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Cambridge companions to music

Alternative Title

Companion to Verdi.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Contents

Part 1: Personal, cultural and political context: Verdi's life: a thematic biography / Mary Jane Phillips-Matz -- The Italian theatre of Verdi's day / Alessandro Roccatagliati -- Verdi, Italian Romanticism, and the Risorgimento / Mary Ann Smart.
Part 2: The style of Verdi's operas and non-operatic works: The forms of set pieces / Scott L. Balthazar -- New currents in the libretto / Fabrizio Della Seta -- Words and music / Emanuele Senici -- French influences / Andreas Giger -- Structural coherence / Steven Huebner -- Instrumental music in Verdi's operas / David Kimbell -- Verdi's non-operatic works / Roberta Montemorra Marvin.
Part 3: Representative operas: Ernani- the tenor in crisis / Rosa Solinas -- "Ch'hai di nuovo, buffon?" or what's new with Rigoletto / Cormac Newark -- Verdi's Don Carlos: an overview of the operas / Harold Powers -- Desdemona's alienation and Otello's fall / Scott L. Balthazar.
Part 4: Creation and critical reception: An introduction to Verdi's working methods / Luke Jensen -- Verdi criticism / Gregory W. Harwood.

Call Number

JMF 04-571

ISBN

OCLC

Title

The Cambridge companion to Verdi / Scott L. Balthazar, editor.

Imprint

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Series

Cambridge companions to music

Bibliography

List of Verdi's works: p. 309-311.

Select bibliography and works cited: p. 312-328.

Added Author

Balthazar, Scott L.

Added Title

Companion to Verdi.

Research Call Number

JMF 04-571