In this third edition of the classic Verdi, renowned authority Julian Budden offers a comprehensive overview of Verdi the man and the artist, tracing his ascent from humble beginnings to the status of a cultural patriarch of the new Italy.
In this third edition of the classic Verdi, renowned authority Julian Budden offers a comprehensive overview of Verdi the man and the artist, tracing his ascent from humble beginnings to the status of a cultural patriarch of the new Italy.
Julian Budden (1924-2007) served as the Chief Producer for Opera at BBC Radio as the President of the Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini, Lucca, Italy. In addition to his Master Musicians volume on Verdi, he is also the author of the Master Musicians biography of Puccini (OUP, 2002) as well as the three-volume The Operas of Verdi (OUP, 1978-1981, revised edition 1992).
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* Illustrations * Key to Sigla * PART I THE LIFE * 1. Early Life at Busseto * 2. Success and Failure in Milan * 3. The Journeyman * 4. Florence, London and Paris * 5. Return to Busseto * 6. Viva V.E.R.D.I. * 7. The New Order * 8. The Dark Decade * 9. Indian Summer * 10. The Last Years * 11. Verdi as Man and Artist * PART II THE MUSIC * 12. The Background * 13. From Oberto to Ernani * Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio, Un giorno di regno, Nabucco, I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Ernani * 14. The Prison Years * I due Foscari, Giovanna d'Arco, Alzira, Attila, Macbeth, I masnadieri, Jérusalem, Il corsaro, La battaglia di Legnano, Luisa Miller * 15. The High Noon * Stiffelio, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata * 16. Towards Grand Opera * Les vêpres siciliennes, Simon Boccanegra, Aroldo, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Don Carlos, Aida * 17. The Final Masterpieces * Otello, Falstaff * 18. Miscellaneous Operatic Compositions * 19. Chamber Compositions * 20. Choral and Religious Works * Appendices * A. Calendar * B. List of Works * C. Personalia * D. Select Bibliography * E. Glossary of Nineteenth-Century Operatic Terms * Index
* Illustrations * Key to Sigla * PART I THE LIFE * 1. Early Life at Busseto * 2. Success and Failure in Milan * 3. The Journeyman * 4. Florence, London and Paris * 5. Return to Busseto * 6. Viva V.E.R.D.I. * 7. The New Order * 8. The Dark Decade * 9. Indian Summer * 10. The Last Years * 11. Verdi as Man and Artist * PART II THE MUSIC * 12. The Background * 13. From Oberto to Ernani * Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio, Un giorno di regno, Nabucco, I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Ernani * 14. The Prison Years * I due Foscari, Giovanna d'Arco, Alzira, Attila, Macbeth, I masnadieri, Jérusalem, Il corsaro, La battaglia di Legnano, Luisa Miller * 15. The High Noon * Stiffelio, Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata * 16. Towards Grand Opera * Les vêpres siciliennes, Simon Boccanegra, Aroldo, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Don Carlos, Aida * 17. The Final Masterpieces * Otello, Falstaff * 18. Miscellaneous Operatic Compositions * 19. Chamber Compositions * 20. Choral and Religious Works * Appendices * A. Calendar * B. List of Works * C. Personalia * D. Select Bibliography * E. Glossary of Nineteenth-Century Operatic Terms * Index
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