{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-verdi-paperback-9780521635356","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Verdi (Paperback) 9780521635356","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Verdi\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 2004 Companion provides an accessible introduction to Verdi's life and music.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eScott L. Balthazar (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521635356, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 18 November 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e366 pages, 12 tables  49 music examples\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 1.9 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'…offers many hours of thoroughly delectable and mostly instructive reading.' Nineteenth-Century Music Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 2004 Companion provides a biographical, theatrical and social-cultural background for Verdi's music, examines in detail important general aspects of its style and method of composing, and synthesizes stylistic themes in discussions of representative works. Aspects of Verdi's milieu, style, creative process and critical reception are explored in essays by highly reputed specialists. Individual chapters address themes in Verdi's life, his role in transforming the theater business, and his relationship to Italian Romanticism and the Risorgimento. Chapters on four operas representative of the different stages of Verdi's career, Ernani, Rigoletto, Don Carlos and Otello synthesize analytical themes introduced in the more general chapters and illustrate the richness of Verdi's creativity. The Companion also includes chapters on Verdi's non-operatic songs and other music, his creative process, and scholarly writing about Verdi from the nineteenth-century to the present day.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of music examples\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Notes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Personal, Cultural, and Political Context: 1. Verdi's life: a thematic biography Mary Jane Phillips-Matz\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Italian theater of Verdi's day Alessandro Roccatagliati\u003cbr\u003e 3. Verdi, Italian Romanticism and the Risorgimento Mary Ann Smart\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Style of Verdi's Operas and Non-Operatic Works: 4. The forms of set pieces Scott L. Balthazar\u003cbr\u003e 5. New currents in the libretto Fabrizio della Seta\u003cbr\u003e 6. Words and music Emanuele Senici\u003cbr\u003e 7. French influences Andreas Giger\u003cbr\u003e 8. Structural coherence Steven Huebner\u003cbr\u003e 9. Instrumental music in Verdi's operas David Kimbell\u003cbr\u003e 10. Verdi's non-operatic works Roberta Montemorra Marvin\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Essays on Representative Operas: 11. Ernani: the tenor in transformation Rosa Solinas\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'Ch'hai di nuovo, buffon?' or what's new with Rigoletto Cormac Newark\u003cbr\u003e 13. Verdi's Don Carlos: an overview of the opera Harold Powers\u003cbr\u003e 14. Desdemona's alienation and Otello's fall Scott L. Balthazar\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Creation and Critical Reception: 15. An introduction to Verdi's working methods Luke Jensen\u003cbr\u003e 16. Verdi criticism Gregory Harwood\u003cbr\u003e List of Verdi's operas\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Verdi's works\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Individual%20composers%20\u0026amp;%20musicians,%20specific%20bands%20\u0026amp;%20groups%20%5BAVH%5D%22\"\u003eAVH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000660250904,"sku":"9780521635356","price":25.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521635356i_dd2abda0-8ee3-4544-98e6-5489f3f14b51.jpg?v=1691379378","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-verdi-paperback-9780521635356","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}