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Metaphysical Song(Paperback)
An Essay on Opera
Princeton University Press
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01/02/1999
Shows how opera, in its own cultural arena, distinct from philosophy, has repeatedly brought to the stage the changing relations of the subject to the particular metaphysics it presumes. This book d...
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Leonora's Last Act(Hardback)
Essays in Verdian Discourse
Princeton University Press
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03/11/1997
Features essays that give insights on Verdian analysis and criticism, and does so in a way that responds both to an opera-goer's love of musical drama and to a scholar's concern for critical trends....
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Music in the Theater(Paperback)
Essays on Verdi and Other Composers
Princeton University Press
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22/10/1995
In this collection of essays, Petrobelli analyzes specific operas, mainly by Verdi, in terms of historical context, musical organization and dramaturgical conventions. His object is an examination o...
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Puccini's "Turandot"(Paperback)
The End of the Great Tradition
Princeton University Press
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03/04/1991
A study of two renowned music scholars that demonstrates that this work, despite the modern climate in which it was written, was a fitting finale for the centuries-old Great Tradition of Italian ope...
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Monstrous Opera(Hardback)
Rameau and the Tragic Tradition
Princeton University Press
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26/04/1998
One of the foremost composers of the French Baroque operatic tradition, Rameau is often cited for his struggle to steer lyric tragedy away from its strict Lullian form toward a more expressive music...
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Mad Loves(Hardback)
Women and Music in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann"
Princeton University Press
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16/10/2000
An exploration of Jacques Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann". It investigates the political climate of the 1870's that influenced the composer's vision and the reception of his last work. Drawing u...
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