Verdi's Aida : the history of an opera in letters and documents / collected and translated by Hans Busch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Busch, Hans, 1914-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composers--Italy--Correspondence.

Composers.

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Aïda.

Verdi, Giuseppe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (745 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1978.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a detailed account of the creation and production of the opera Aida as revealed in he letters and documents of the composer Giuseppe Verdi and his associates. Aida was given its European premiere at La Scala in 1872, and the correspondence concern

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Permissions and Acknowledgments; Editorial Notes; Abbreviations; List of the Letters; Introduction; LETTERS; DOCUMENTS; Biographical Notes; A Brief Chronology of Verdi's Life and Works; A Selected Bibliography; Index to the Letters; Addenda and Errata

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 665-671) and index.

Contains:

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Correspondence. English. Selections. 1978.

ISBN:

0-8166-6173-1

OCLC:

476162005