{"product_id":"verdi-in-the-age-of-italian-romanticism-paperback-9780521316781","title":"Verdi in the Age of Italian Romanticism (Paperback) 9780521316781","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVerdi in the Age of Italian Romanticism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor Kimbell's classic study illuminates the first fifteen years of Verdi's composing career.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid R. B. Kimbell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521316781, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 1 August 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e720 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4 cm, 1.04 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'… a magnificent exposition of this momentous operatic revolution.' Times Educational Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eProfessor Kimbell's classic study illuminates the first fifteen years of Verdi's composing career, the era that culminated in his trio of masterpieces, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata. Verdi had become an acknowledged master of the peculiar brand of Romanticism that flourished in Italy in the 1830s and 40s; this background is examined in its political, social and literary light, and his consequent transformation of Italian operatic conventions is analysed. The four parts of Professor Kimbell's book range over biographical, documentary, literary and close-analytical ground. Attention is given to individual operas in order to show how Verdi assimilated and developed the Romantic tradition in his work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Setting: 1. Verdi's Italy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Theatrical censorship\u003cbr\u003e 3. The operatic experience\u003cbr\u003e 4. Dramatic principles and musical form in early ottocento opera\u003cbr\u003e Part II. A Documentary History of the Early Operas: 5. Launching a career\u003cbr\u003e 6. The genesis of an opera - Ernani\u003cbr\u003e 7. Two overcrowded years\u003cbr\u003e 8. Verdi the idealist - the Florence Macbeth\u003cbr\u003e 9. Opera as a business\u003cbr\u003e 10. Collaboration with Cammarano\u003cbr\u003e 11. Bouts with the censor\u003cbr\u003e 12. Giuseppina's operas - Il Trovatore and La Traviata\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Development of Verdi's Musical Language: 13. The first operas - Oberto and Un Giorno di Regno\u003cbr\u003e 14. Italian grand opera - Nabucco and I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata\u003cbr\u003e 15. The early 'galley' operas - Ernani to Attila\u003cbr\u003e 16. Macbeth and its satellites\u003cbr\u003e 17. Verdi a la parisienne - Jerusalem and La Battaglia di Legnano\u003cbr\u003e 18. Luisa Miller and Stiffelio\u003cbr\u003e 19. 'The popular trilogy' - Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Operas: 20. Nabucco, a risorgimento opera\u003cbr\u003e 21. Verdi and French Romanticism - Ernani\u003cbr\u003e 22. Byronismo - I Due Foscari and Il Corsaro\u003cbr\u003e 23. The impact of Shakespeare - the Florence Macbeth\u003cbr\u003e 24. La Battaglia di Legnano - the opera of the revolution\u003cbr\u003e 25. Essays with Schiller\u003cbr\u003e 26. The originality of Rigoletto\u003cbr\u003e 27. Verdi and 'realism' - La Traviata\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Opera [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Opera%20%5BAVGC9%5D%22\"\u003eAVGC9\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":46004434862360,"sku":"9780521316781","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521316781i_a7c602be-592c-4c9d-8373-d01a23b2d903.jpg?v=1691375112","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/verdi-in-the-age-of-italian-romanticism-paperback-9780521316781","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}