| Description |
xv, 264 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustration, music ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to music
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Cambridge companions to music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-257) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Rossini's operatic operas / Emanuele Senici -- Part I. Biography and Reception: -- Rossini's life / Richard Osborne -- Rossini and France / Benjamin Walton -- Rossini Renaissance / Charles S. Brauner -- Part II. Words and Music: -- Librettos and librettists / Paolo Fabbri -- Compositional methods / Philip Gossett -- Dramaturgy of the operas / Marco Beghelli -- Melody and ornamentation / Damien Colas -- Off the stage / Richard Osborne -- Part III. Representative Operas: -- Tancredi and Semiramide / Heather Hadlock -- Il barbiere di Siviglia / Janet Johnson -- Guillaume Tell / Cormac Newark -- Part IV. Performance: -- Singing Rossini / Leonella Grasso Caprioli -- Staging Rossini / Mercedes Viale Ferrero -- Editing Rossini / Patricia B. Brauner. |
| Subject |
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| Added Author |
Senici, Emanuele.
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| ISBN |
0521807360 |
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0521001951 paperback |
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