Format:
Online-Ressource (698 p.)
ISBN:
9780226304823
Content:
Winner of the 2007 Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society and the 2007 Deems Taylor Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. Divas and Scholars is a dazzling and beguiling account of how opera comes to the stage, filled with Philip Gossett’s personal experiences of triumphant—and even failed—performances and suffused with his towering and tonic passion for music. Writing as a fan, a musician, and a scholar, Gossett, the world's leading authority on the performance of Italian opera, brings colorfully to life the problems, and
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Description based upon print version of record
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CONTENTS; PREFACE; PROLOGUE; 1 MARE O MONTI: TWO SUMMER FESTIVALS; PART I Knowing the Score; INTERMEZZO; PART II Performing the Opera; CODA; NOTES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PRINCIPAL OPERAS DISCUSSED; GENERAL INDEX;
Additional Edition:
9780226304885
Additional Edition:
9780226304823
Additional Edition:
Print version Divas and Scholars : Performing Italian Opera
Language:
English
Keywords:
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