Andreas Giger

Verdi and the French Aesthetic

Verse, Stanza, and Melody in Nineteenth-Century Opera

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of nineteenth-century French and Italian opera, focusing on the work of Verdi.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 579g
• ISBN-13: 9780521349543
• ISBN-10: 0521349540
• Artikelnr.: 33609610

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Versification and Melodic Aesthetics: 1. Rhythm and stanza in French and Italian librettos
2. French and Italian melodic aesthetics and practice c. 1830-70
Episode: design, middleground rhythm, and phrase
Part II. French Melody in Verdi's Operas: 3. Jérusalem and its influence on the subsequent Italian operas
4. Les Vêpres siciliennes and its influence on the subsequent Italian operas
5. Don Carlos and after
Appendix: Significant theoretic and aesthetic texts.