Aspects of Verdi

Aspects of Verdi
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Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0879101725
ISBN-13 : 9780879101725
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Book Synopsis Aspects of Verdi by : George Whitney Martin

Download or read book Aspects of Verdi written by George Whitney Martin and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1993 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of original essays ranges widely among the composer's interests and achievements: from his religious views to his skill as a cook, from the politics that galvanized him to the poetry that inspired him, from his earliest compositions to his final masterwork, Falstaff, completed at the age of 80. Drawing on original research and scholarship, this book also contains two of Verdi's early works, never before published in this form; a translated collection of his letters, also heretofore unpublished; the text of the Requiem with indications of Verdi's emphases; and a directory of his operas with sources, casts, theatres, and premiere dates.


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