Music in the Theater: Essays on Verdi and Other Composers

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Main Details

Title Music in the Theater: Essays on Verdi and Other Composers
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Pierluigi Petrobelli
Translated by Roger Parker
SeriesPrinceton Studies in Opera
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:204
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreOpera
ISBN/Barcode 9780691632797
ClassificationsDewey:782.1
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 12 halftones, 65 music exs.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

Well-known for leading audiences to a new appreciation of Verdi as a subtle and elaborate musical thinker, Pierluigi Petrobelli here turns his attention to the intriguing question of how musical theater works. In this collection of lively, penetrating essays, Petrobelli analyzes specific operas, mainly by Verdi, in terms of historical context, musi

Reviews

"Petrobelli was putting Verdi and other early nineteenth-century Italian opera composers to analytical scrutiny at a time when few thought the venture worthwhile. It is good to have his essays (among them two new ones, on La forza del destino and Macbeth), some of which have reposed as far afield as a Slovene journal."--John Rosselli, The Times Literary Supplement