Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber : the man and his music / by Robert Ignatius Letellier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Letellier, Robert Ignatius.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Auber, D. F. E. (Daniel François Esprit), 1782-1871.

Auber, D. F. E.

Composers--Biography.

Composers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (651 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (1782-1871), the composer of La Muette de Portici (1828) and Fra Diavolo (1830), was once regarded as one of the great figures of music, a staple of the operatic repertoire in France, and indeed around the world. It is now almost impossible to understand the extent of his once universal fame, his influence on contemporary composers. His operas were in the theatre repertories of the world until the 1920s, and innumerable arrangements of them were published and sold...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF MUSICAL EXAMPLES; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; DANIEL-FRANÇOIS-ESPRIT AUBER; LETTERS OF DANIEL-FRANÇOIS-ESPRIT AUBER AND AUGUSTIN-EUGÈNE SCRIBE; THE STAGE WORKS OF DANIEL-FRANÇOIS-ESPRIT AUBER; NON-OPERATIC WORKS; MUSICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; THEMATIC BIBLIOGRAPHY; DISCOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-573), discography (p. [575]-586) and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4438-2597-2

OCLC:

827209261