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001 2013034436
003 DLC
005 20151006075835.0
008 130822s2014 mdu b 001 0deng
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020 $a9780810884670 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0810884674 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780810884687 (electronic)
020 $z0810884682 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $ae-it---
050 00 $aML410.V4$bS34 2014
082 00 $a782.1092$223
100 1 $aSanders, Donald C.,$d1949-
245 10 $aExperiencing Verdi :$ba listener's companion /$cDonald Sanders.
264 1 $aLanham, Md. :$bScarecrow Press,$c2014.
300 $axix, 255 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aThe listener's companion
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 243-248) and index.
505 0 $aItalian opera before Verdi -- The early years : Oberto -- Change of fortune and years in the galleys : Nabucco, Macbeth -- Signora Verdi, new hopes for Italy, and three iconic operas : Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata -- Verdi the statesman : Un ballo in maschera, Don Carlos -- Return to Milan : Aida, Manzoni requiem -- The final masterworks : Otello, Falstaff -- Death of the maestro.
520 $aAlong with his contemporaries Chopin and Wagner, Verdi is among the few composers whose place in the musical pantheon is based almost entirely upon the mastery of a single genre. This is largely owing to his staggering output in a career that lasted over fifty years. Several of his operas comprise the nucleus of the modern repertoire, and he almost single-handedly maintained the Italian lyric tradition against the tide of Wagnerian music drama. In his final years, he virtually reinvented Italian opera. Indeed, Verdi's life and music came to be so intimately associated with the Italian unification movement known as the Risorgimento that he is still revered as a great national figure in his homeland. Donald Sanders combines biography with simple, concise musical analysis. Summarizing the evolution of Italian opera and the bel canto tradition that prevailed at the beginning of Verdi's career, Sanders takes readers on a leisurely tour of eleven of Verdi's most important operas and of the 'Manzoni Requiem' and concludes with a look at Verdi's influence.
600 10 $aVerdi, Giuseppe,$d1813-1901$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aVerdi, Giuseppe,$d1813-1901.$tOperas.
650 0 $aOpera$zItaly$y19th century.
830 0 $aListener's companion.