The Birth of an Opera: Fifteen Masterpieces from Poppea to Wozzeck Tapa dura - 2013

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W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. Hardcover. New/New. New tightly bound hardcover with like DJ. 8vo. (6.5 x 1.5 x 9.6 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes index and B&W photographs. 441 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Through a deft compilation of primary sources--letters, memoirs, and personal accounts from composers, librettists, and performers--Michael Rose re-creates for his readers the circumstances that gave rise to fifteen operatic milestones. From Monteverdi and Mozart to Puccini and Berg, each chapter focuses on a well-known opera and tells the story that lies behind its creation. Rather than retreading familiar ground with pages of historical and musical analysis, Rose places each opera firmly in the context of the composer's life and provides an engaging text in which the varied and colorful personalities involved are seen to discuss, comment, and contribute in one way or another to the progress of its composition. The reader will find Mozart… Leer más