Verdi's Theater: Creating Drama through Music - Gilles De Van - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226143705 - September 15, 1998
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Focuses on a neglected aspect of Verdi's operas: their effectiveness as theatre. This text argues that two main aesthetic conceptions underlie all of Verdi's works - that of the "melodrama", which dominates Verdi's early work, and the "musical drama", which is dominant in his later work.

430 pages, 26 musical examples

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 15, 1998
ISBN13 9780226143705
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 434
Dimensions 154 × 230 × 25 mm   ·   584 g
Translator Roberts, Gilda

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