Music in the Theater : Essays on Verdi and Other Composers / Pierluigi Petrobelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petrobelli, Pierluigi, author.

Contributor:

Parker, Roger.

Series:

Princeton studies in opera.

Princeton Studies in Opera ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Opera.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Operas.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Well-known for leading audiences to a new appreciation of Verdi as a subtle and elaborate musical thinker, Pierluigi Petrobelli here turns his attention to the intriguing question of how musical theater works. In this collection of lively, penetrating essays, Petrobelli analyzes specific operas, mainly by Verdi, in terms of historical context, musical organization, and dramaturgical conventions.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A NOTE ON ITALIAN PROSODY

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. FROM ROSSINI'S MOSÉ TO VERDI ' S NABUCCO

CHAPTER 2. VERDI AND DON GIOVANNI: ON THE OPENING SCENE OF RIGOLETTO

CHAPTER 3. REMARKS ON VERDI'S COMPOSING PROCESS

CHAPTER 4. THOUGHTS FOR ALZIRA

CHAPTER 5. TOWARD AN EXPLANATION OF THE DRAMATIC STRUCTURE OF IL TROVATORE

CHAPTER 6. MUSIC IN THE THEATER (APROPOS OF AIDA, ACT III)

CHAPTER 7. MORE ON THE THREE "SYSTEMS": THE FIRST ACT OF "LA FORZA DEL DESTINO"

CHAPTER 8. VERDI' S MUSICAL THOUGHT: AN EXAMPLE FROM MACBETH

CHAPTER 9. THE MUSICO-DRAMATIC CONCEPTION OF GLUCK'S ALCESTE (1767)

CHAPTER 10. NOTES ON BELLINI'S POETICS: APROPOS OF "I PURITANI"

CHAPTER 11. BELLINI AND PAISIELLO: FURTHER DOCUMENTS ON THE BIRTH OF "I PURITANI"

Notes:

Translated from Italian.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780691603469

0691603464

9780691632797

0691632790

9780691027104

0691027102

9781400863778

1400863775

OCLC:

889254448