Author: Giuseppe Verdi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Aida
Author: Giuseppe Verdi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Operas
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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.
Rigoletto
Author: Charles Osborne
Publisher: Random House Business Books
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : it
Pages : 168
Book Description
Discusses the background of the opera, synopsis of the plot, music, survey of performances, chronology and major compositions by Verdi.
Publisher: Random House Business Books
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : it
Pages : 168
Book Description
Discusses the background of the opera, synopsis of the plot, music, survey of performances, chronology and major compositions by Verdi.
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
Viva La Liberta!
Author: Anthony Arblaster
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9780860916185
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
An impassioned guide to opera's political dimension. Taking us on a tour of 200 years of great opera, from "The Marriage of Figaro" to "Nixon in China", Anthony Arblaster uncovers the political dimension of an art form all too often considered as purely aesthetic and reveals opera's full vitality and passion for liberty.
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9780860916185
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
An impassioned guide to opera's political dimension. Taking us on a tour of 200 years of great opera, from "The Marriage of Figaro" to "Nixon in China", Anthony Arblaster uncovers the political dimension of an art form all too often considered as purely aesthetic and reveals opera's full vitality and passion for liberty.
Falstaff. (Lyrische Comoedie in 3 Acten. Uebers. von V. J. Novotni. Musik von G. Verdi.)
Author: Arrigo Boito
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Lost in the Stars
Author: Maxwell Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258246679
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258246679
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Simon Boccanegra
Author: Giuseppe Verdi
Publisher: Ricordi - Bmg Ricordi
ISBN: 9780634070952
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
inch....this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken inch. (Oliver James,Contact Magazine) A novel and comprehensive approach to transferring from the C to F instrument. 430 music examples include folk and national songs (some in two parts), country dance tunes and excerpts from the standard treble repertoire ofBach, Barsanti, Corelli, Handel, Telemann, etc. An outstanding feature of the book has proved to be Brian Bonsor's brilliantly simple but highly effective practice circles and recognition squares designed to give, in only a few minutes, concentrated practice on the more usual leaps to and from each new note and instant recognition of random notes. Quickly emulating the outstanding success of the descant tutors, these books are very popular even with those who normally use tutors other than the Enjoy the Recorder series.
Publisher: Ricordi - Bmg Ricordi
ISBN: 9780634070952
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
inch....this work is likely to become a standart work very quickly and is to be recommended to all schools where recorder studies are undertaken inch. (Oliver James,Contact Magazine) A novel and comprehensive approach to transferring from the C to F instrument. 430 music examples include folk and national songs (some in two parts), country dance tunes and excerpts from the standard treble repertoire ofBach, Barsanti, Corelli, Handel, Telemann, etc. An outstanding feature of the book has proved to be Brian Bonsor's brilliantly simple but highly effective practice circles and recognition squares designed to give, in only a few minutes, concentrated practice on the more usual leaps to and from each new note and instant recognition of random notes. Quickly emulating the outstanding success of the descant tutors, these books are very popular even with those who normally use tutors other than the Enjoy the Recorder series.
Verdi's Aida
Author: Burton D. Fisher
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 1102020869
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 1102020869
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description