Verdi [3rd ed] 9780195323429, 9780190273989, 0190273984, 0195323424

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English Pages XV, 412 str., [8] str. pril. : ilustr., note ; 24 cm Year 2016;2008

Verdi [3rd ed]
9780195323429, 9780190273989, 0190273984, 0195323424

Author / Uploaded
Budden
Julian;Verdi
Giuseppe

Table of contents :
Illustrations
Key to Sigla
PART I THE LIFE
1. Early Life at Busseto
2. Success and Failure in Milan
3. The Journeyman
4. Florence, London and Paris
5. Return to Busseto
6. Viva V.E.R.D.I.
7. The New Order
8. The Dark Decade
9. Indian Summer
10. The Last Years
11. Verdi as Man and Artist
PART II THE MUSIC
12. The Background
13. From Oberto to Ernani
Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio, Un giorno di regno, Nabucco, I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Ernani
14. The Prison Years
I due Foscari, Giovanna d'Arco, Alzira, Attila, Macbeth, I masnadieri, Jerusalem, Il corsaro, La battaglia di Legnano, Luisa Miller
15. The High Noon
Stiffelio, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata
16. Towards Grand Opera
Les vepres siciliennes, Simon Boccanegra, Aroldo, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Don Carlos, Aida
17. The Final Masterpieces
Otello, Falstaff
18. Miscellaneous Operatic Compositions
19. Chamber Compositions
20. Choral and Religious Works
Appendices
A. Calendar
B. List of Works
C. Personalia
D. Select Bibliography
E. Glossary of Nineteenth-Century Operatic Terms
Index

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