Giacomo Meyerbeer : a reader / compiled and edited by Robert Ignatius Letellier.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Letellier, Robert Ignatius.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
• Composers--Italy--Biography.
• Compositores--Italia--Biografía.

Local Subjects:

• Compositores--Italia--Biografía.

Genre:

• Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (696 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Giacomo Meyerbeer remains an enigma. Until the First World War he was one of the most famous of all composers. this Reader hopes to reflect something of the immense fame, prestige and love in which this composer was once held, the voices of doubt and dismissal that began to be heard even in his lifetime, and the enduring witness to his fame and worth evinced by those who have continued to believe in him in the face of the encroaching collective disparagement. Since the centenary of his deat...

Contents:

• TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; JOSEPH MAZZINI; GEORGE SAND; HEINRICH HEINE; HONORÉ DE BALZAC; CHARLES GRÜNEISEN; FRANZ LISZT; HENRY FOTHERGILL CHORLEY; JOHN ELLA; EDUARD HANSLICK; GEORGE BERNARD SHAW; JOSEPH BENNETT; NATHAN HASKELL DOLE; CAMILLE BELLAIGUE; HERBERT SPENCER; HERMANN KLEIN; EDGAR ISTEL; ELSA BIENENFELD; CECIL GRAY; ERNEST NEWMAN; BERNARD VAN DIEREN; KATHLEEN O'DONNELL HOOVER; CHARLES STUART; HEINZ BECKER; MAX BROD; ANDREW PORTER; MICHAEL ASPINALL; VIVIAN LIFF; PAUL HENRY LANG; BERNARD LEVIN; BARRYMORE LAURENCE SCHERER; SIEGHARD DÖHRING
• RONALD CRICHTONROBERT IGNATIUS LETELLIER; WOLFGANG KÜHNHOLD; WILLIAM PENCAK; THE DIARIES OF GIACOMO MEYERBEER (1999-2007); TOM KAUFMAN; MATTHIAS BRZOSKA; GEORGE LOOMIS; ALAN ARMSTRONG; INDEX

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 1-282-02961-4
• 9786612029615
• 1-4438-0099-6

OCLC:

441830217