Verdi:

In this third edition of the classic "Verdi", renowned authority Julian Budden offers a comprehensive overview of Verdi the man and the artist, tracing his ascent from humble beginnings to the status of a cultural patriarch of the new Italy, whose cause he had done much to promote, and dem...

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Main Author: Budden, Julian 1924-2007 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2008]
Edition:Third edition
Series:The master musicians
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:In this third edition of the classic "Verdi", renowned authority Julian Budden offers a comprehensive overview of Verdi the man and the artist, tracing his ascent from humble beginnings to the status of a cultural patriarch of the new Italy, whose cause he had done much to promote, and demonstrating the gradual enlargement over the years of his artistic vision. This concise study is an accessible, insightful, and engaging summation of Verdi scholarship, acquainting the non-specialist with the personal details Verdi's life, with the operatic world in which he worked, and with his political ideas, his intellectual vision, and his powerful means of communicating them through his music. In his survey of the music itself, Budden emphasizes the unique character of each work as well as the developing sophistication of Verdi's style. He covers all of the operas, the late religious works, the songs, and the string quartet. A glossary explains even the most obscure operatic terms current in Verdi's time.
Physical Description:xv, 412 Seiten Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele
ISBN:9780195323429
9780190273989

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