Giacomo Puccini
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- Synopsis
- Giacomo Puccini (1858--1924), composer of such popular operas as La Bohème and Madame Butterfly, is most renowned for his gift as a melodist. With his final opera, Turandot, Puccini composed the last Italian work in the genre to hold a firm place in the international repertoire. The author draws attention to the felicity, daring and extraordinary colouring of his music, countering the view held during Puccini's lifetime that he was a retrogressive who aimed to shock. Puccini is shown to have been a new force in musical drama, and yet a man who remained insecure about his creative powers. Conrad Wilson's book is a polemical, passionate and rational attempt to set the man from Lucca among the immortal greats.
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 239 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780714847757
- Publisher:
- Phaidon Press
- Date of Addition:
- 07/27/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Phaidon Press Limited
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Entertainment, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Music
- Submitted By:
- Hadley School Volunteering
- Proofread By:
- Ande
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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