The unknown Puccini : a historical perspective on the songs, including little-known music from Edgar and La Rondine with complete music for voice and piano / [compiled and edited by] Michael Kaye ; with a foreword by William Weaver.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.

Contributor:

Kaye, Michael, 1948-

Standardized Title:

Vocal music. Selections

Language:

English

German

Italian

Subjects (All):

Songs with piano.

Operas--Excerpts--Vocal scores with piano.

Operas.

Genre:

Songs with piano.

Scores.

Physical Description:

1 score (xxii, 242 pages) : portrait, facsimile ; 32 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Contents:

Part 1. Songs: A te ; Vexilla Regis prodeunt : a 2 voci ; Salve Regina ; Elaborato dell'alunno Sig. Puccini : Mentìa l'avviso ; Storiella d'amore : Noi leggevamo insieme ; Sole e amore ; Avanti Urania! ; Inno a Diana : a recipe from Puccini's kitchen ; E l'uccellino, Ninna-Nanna ; Terra e mare : version according to the autograph ; published version ; Canto d'anime, pagina d'album ; An interview with Puccini : (Le tre case di Giacomo Puccini: Torre del lago ; Chiatri ; Abetone) ; Casa mia, casa mia ; Morire? ; Inno a Roma

Part 2. Music originally included in stage works: La coppa è simbol della vita : Tigrana's Brindisi from the first version of Edgar, for soprano or mezzo-soprano ; Three excerpts from La rondine. Vienna version (1920) Act I, Romanza (Paris, ja, das ist die Stadt der kühnsten Wünsche) for tenor ; Vienna version (1920) Act II, Quartet (Weih' ich mein Glass [sic] deinem Lächeln) for two sopranos, tenor, and baritone ; Terza edizione (1921-1922) Act III, Scene and aria for Rambaldo (Son di moda a Parigi) for bass and soprano.

Notes:

Principally Italian words, also printed as text with English translation preceding each work.

Includes critical commentaries.

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: pages 231-233.

ISBN:

0193857456

OCLC:

63351029