Author: Giuseppe Verdi
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457483080
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An Opera score composed by Giuseppe Verdi.
Un Ballo in Maschera
Author: Giuseppe Verdi
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457483080
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An Opera score composed by Giuseppe Verdi.
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457483080
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
An Opera score composed by Giuseppe Verdi.
Un ballo in maschera
Author: Giuseppe Verdi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Verdi in Victorian London
Author: Massimo Zicari
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 178374216X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Now a byword for beauty, Verdi’s operas were far from universally acclaimed when they reached London in the second half of the nineteenth century. Why did some critics react so harshly? Who were they and what biases and prejudices animated them? When did their antagonistic attitude change? And why did opera managers continue to produce Verdi’s operas, in spite of their alleged worthlessness? Massimo Zicari’s Verdi in Victorian London reconstructs the reception of Verdi’s operas in London from 1844, when a first critical account was published in the pages of The Athenaeum, to 1901, when Verdi’s death received extensive tribute in The Musical Times. In the 1840s, certain London journalists were positively hostile towards the most talked-about representative of Italian opera, only to change their tune in the years to come. The supercilious critic of The Athenaeum, Henry Fothergill Chorley, declared that Verdi’s melodies were worn, hackneyed and meaningless, his harmonies and progressions crude, his orchestration noisy. The scribes of The Times, The Musical World, The Illustrated London News, and The Musical Times all contributed to the critical hubbub. Yet by the 1850s, Victorian critics, however grudging, could neither deny nor ignore the popularity of Verdi’s operas. Over the final three decades of the nineteenth century, moreover, London’s musical milieu underwent changes of great magnitude, shifting the manner in which Verdi was conceptualized and making room for the powerful influence of Wagner. Nostalgic commentators began to lament the sad state of the Land of Song, referring to the now departed "palmy days of Italian opera." Zicari charts this entire cultural constellation. Verdi in Victorian London is required reading for both academics and opera aficionados. Music specialists will value a historical reconstruction that stems from a large body of first-hand source material, while Verdi lovers and Italian opera addicts will enjoy vivid analysis free from technical jargon. For students, scholars and plain readers alike, this book is an illuminating addition to the study of music reception.
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 178374216X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Now a byword for beauty, Verdi’s operas were far from universally acclaimed when they reached London in the second half of the nineteenth century. Why did some critics react so harshly? Who were they and what biases and prejudices animated them? When did their antagonistic attitude change? And why did opera managers continue to produce Verdi’s operas, in spite of their alleged worthlessness? Massimo Zicari’s Verdi in Victorian London reconstructs the reception of Verdi’s operas in London from 1844, when a first critical account was published in the pages of The Athenaeum, to 1901, when Verdi’s death received extensive tribute in The Musical Times. In the 1840s, certain London journalists were positively hostile towards the most talked-about representative of Italian opera, only to change their tune in the years to come. The supercilious critic of The Athenaeum, Henry Fothergill Chorley, declared that Verdi’s melodies were worn, hackneyed and meaningless, his harmonies and progressions crude, his orchestration noisy. The scribes of The Times, The Musical World, The Illustrated London News, and The Musical Times all contributed to the critical hubbub. Yet by the 1850s, Victorian critics, however grudging, could neither deny nor ignore the popularity of Verdi’s operas. Over the final three decades of the nineteenth century, moreover, London’s musical milieu underwent changes of great magnitude, shifting the manner in which Verdi was conceptualized and making room for the powerful influence of Wagner. Nostalgic commentators began to lament the sad state of the Land of Song, referring to the now departed "palmy days of Italian opera." Zicari charts this entire cultural constellation. Verdi in Victorian London is required reading for both academics and opera aficionados. Music specialists will value a historical reconstruction that stems from a large body of first-hand source material, while Verdi lovers and Italian opera addicts will enjoy vivid analysis free from technical jargon. For students, scholars and plain readers alike, this book is an illuminating addition to the study of music reception.
The Story of Giuseppe Verdi
Author: Gabriele Baldini
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521297127
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A translation of Baldini's acclaimed study of verdi's operatic masterpieces, with new editorial additions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521297127
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A translation of Baldini's acclaimed study of verdi's operatic masterpieces, with new editorial additions.
Verdi's A Masked Ball (un Ballo in Maschera)
Author: Burton D. Fisher
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 1102009423
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 1102009423
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Verdi's Middle Period
Author: Martin Chusid
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226106586
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
During the middle phase of his career, 1849-1859, Verdi created some of his best-loved and most frequently performed operas, including Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, and Un ballo in maschera. This was also the period in which he wrote his first completely original French grand opera, Les Vepres siciliennes; the first version of Simon Boccanegra; and the intensely dramatic Stiffelio, until recent years the most neglected of all Verdi's mature works for the operatic stage. Featuring contributions from many of the most active Verdi scholars in the United States and Europe, Verdi's Middle Period explores the operas composed during this period from three interlinked perspectives: studies of the original source material, cross-disciplinary analyses of musical and textual issues, and the relationship of performance practice to Verdi's musical and dramatic conception. Both musicologists and serious opera buffs will enjoy this distinguished collection.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226106586
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
During the middle phase of his career, 1849-1859, Verdi created some of his best-loved and most frequently performed operas, including Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, and Un ballo in maschera. This was also the period in which he wrote his first completely original French grand opera, Les Vepres siciliennes; the first version of Simon Boccanegra; and the intensely dramatic Stiffelio, until recent years the most neglected of all Verdi's mature works for the operatic stage. Featuring contributions from many of the most active Verdi scholars in the United States and Europe, Verdi's Middle Period explores the operas composed during this period from three interlinked perspectives: studies of the original source material, cross-disciplinary analyses of musical and textual issues, and the relationship of performance practice to Verdi's musical and dramatic conception. Both musicologists and serious opera buffs will enjoy this distinguished collection.
Seven Verdi Librettos : with the original italian
Author: Giuseppe Verdi
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393008524
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Verdi, like most great opera composers, attached supreme importance to the words he was setting to music.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393008524
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Verdi, like most great opera composers, attached supreme importance to the words he was setting to music.
The Force of Destiny
Author: Nicholas John
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714540078
Category :
Languages : it
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780714540078
Category :
Languages : it
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Life of Verdi
Author: John Rosselli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521669573
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Relates the life of a boldly innovative composer whose operas still fill theatres today.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521669573
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Relates the life of a boldly innovative composer whose operas still fill theatres today.
Opera in Search of a Just Ruler for a Unified Italy
Author: Jehoash Hirshberg
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN: 9782503577395
Category : Kings and rulers in opera
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pre-condition for the selection of the case studies was that they elicited at least "successo di stima" in more than one city, and that they were favourbly judged by the critics, most importantly by Filippo Filippi. The use of musical forms in the service of drama, most importantly "La Solita Forma", was of paramount importance and will be emphasized in the case studies and supported by the many musical examples from the unjustly forgotten operas. - Jehoash Hirshberg is Professor Emeritus at the Musicology Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. His research fields have included the music of the 14th century, the Italian solo concerto at the time of Vivaldi, with a joint book with Simon McVeigh. In the field of and history of Israeli art music he published "Music in the Jewish Community of Palestine 1880-1948" (OUP, 1995)
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
ISBN: 9782503577395
Category : Kings and rulers in opera
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pre-condition for the selection of the case studies was that they elicited at least "successo di stima" in more than one city, and that they were favourbly judged by the critics, most importantly by Filippo Filippi. The use of musical forms in the service of drama, most importantly "La Solita Forma", was of paramount importance and will be emphasized in the case studies and supported by the many musical examples from the unjustly forgotten operas. - Jehoash Hirshberg is Professor Emeritus at the Musicology Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. His research fields have included the music of the 14th century, the Italian solo concerto at the time of Vivaldi, with a joint book with Simon McVeigh. In the field of and history of Israeli art music he published "Music in the Jewish Community of Palestine 1880-1948" (OUP, 1995)