Puccini Companion (Revised)

Details

ISBN-10: 0393320529
ISBN-13: 9780393320527
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 08/17/2000
Dimensions: 9.24" L, 6.11" W, 1.19" H

Puccini Companion (Revised)

Edited byWilliam Weaver
Editor: Simonetta Puccini

Paperback

Price: $40.00

Overview

What forces helped shape the output of this high-living, often arrogant, but immensely talented composer? This fascinating collection includes Simonetta Puccini’s essay full of intimate details about her family, as well as writings by experts on the racist politics behind the creation of Madama Butterfly; Puccini’s fascination with American culture as exemplified in Fanciulla del West; his grappling with twentieth-century musical practices in Trittico and Turandot; and the changes that early recording technology sparked in turn-of-the-century operatic performance style.

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Details

ISBN-10: 0393320529
ISBN-13: 9780393320527
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 08/17/2000
Dimensions: 9.24" L, 6.11" W, 1.19" H
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