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ISBN: 9781107009011 - The Sounds of Paris in Verdi's La Traviata The Sounds of Paris in Verdi's La Traviata
Emilio Sala

ISBN10: 1107009014  ISBN13: 9781107009011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 09 May 2013
Emilio Sala uses rare documents and images to re-examine Verdi's La traviata in the cultural context of mid-nineteenth-century Paris. How did Paris and its musical landscape influence Verdi's La traviata? In this book, Emilio Sala re... More

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ISBN: 9781107033375 - The Rival Sirens The Rival Sirens
Suzanne Aspden

ISBN10: 1107033373  ISBN13: 9781107033375
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 18 Apr 2013
The Rival Sirens examines the vital and intertwined roles of singers, audiences and local cultural context in creating eighteenth-century opera. The tale of the onstage fight between prima donnas Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni is... More

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ISBN: 9780393060430 - The Birth of an Opera The Birth of an Opera
Michael Rose

ISBN10: 0393060438  ISBN13: 9780393060430
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Apr 2013
The Birth of an Opera offers illuminating insight into how operas are written and the personalities, incidents, and musical circumstances that have shaped their composition. The Birth of an Opera offers an illuminating insight into how operas are... More

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ISBN: 9781848315099 - Introducing Wagner Introducing Wagner
Michael White, Kevin Scott

ISBN10: 1848315090  ISBN13: 9781848315099
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 07 Mar 2013
A fascinating graphic novel-style introduction to the classical composer everyone has heard of - and few truly understand Wagner's operatic works rank with the supreme achievements of western culture. But acceptance of Wagner's musical genius is... More

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ISBN: 9780500290859 - Verdi and/or Wagner Verdi and/or Wagner
Peter Conrad

ISBN10: 0500290857  ISBN13: 9780500290859
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 Feb 2013
Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner, the two greatest operatic composers of their time, had everything and nothing in common. Their achievements were comparable, but their personalities, their approaches to music and drama, and their complex... More

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ISBN: 9781107021563 - Dramatic Expression in Rameau's Tragedie En Musique Dramatic Expression in Rameau's Tragedie En Musique
Cynthia Verba

ISBN10: 1107021561  ISBN13: 9781107021563
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 21 Feb 2013
Verba's fresh approach to understanding Rameau's role in the French Enlightenment focuses on dramatic expression in his musical tragedies. Cynthia Verba's book explores the story of music's role in the French Enlightenment, focusing on dramatic... More

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ISBN: 9781580464208 - Dance in Handel's London Operas Dance in Handel's London Operas
Sarah McCleave

ISBN10: 1580464203  ISBN13: 9781580464208
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd University of Rochester Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 15 Feb 2013
Examines the pivotal role of dance in the Italian operas of Handel, perhaps the greatest opera composer between Monteverdi and Mozart. George Frideric Handel set himself apart from his contemporaries by employing choreographed instrumental music... More

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ISBN: 9781849839761 - Alfie Alfie
Alfie Boe

ISBN10: 184983976X  ISBN13: 9781849839761
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Feb 2013
From car mechanic to internationally loved opera and musical star: the story of Alfie Boe. A car mechanic turned internationally acclaimed opera star, Alfie Boe has taken Broadway by storm, conquered the West End and has won the hearts of the nation. More

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ISBN: 9780199730162 - Modernist Mysteries: Persephone Modernist Mysteries: Persephone
Tamara Levitz

ISBN10: 0199730164  ISBN13: 9780199730162
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 23 Nov 2012
Modernist Mysteries: Persephone is a landmark study that will move the field of musicology in important new directions. The book presents a microhistorical analysis of the premiere of the melodrama Persephone at the Paris Opera on April 30th... More

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ISBN: 9781848314573 - Great Operas Great Operas
Michael Steen

ISBN10: 1848314574  ISBN13: 9781848314573
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Nov 2012
Michael Steen, author of the acclaimed The Lives and Times of the Great Composers, provides a compendium of self-standing short guides to 25 of the world's greatest and most popular operas. Michael Steen, author of the acclaimed The Lives and... More