The Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia write by Roberta Montemorra Marvin. This book was released on 2020-04-02. The Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Verdi's enduring presence on the opera stages of the world and as a subject for scholarly study by researchers in various disciplines has placed him as a central figure within modern culture. The composer's undisputed popularity from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, among enthusiasts and scholars alike, lies at the heart of The Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia. This comprehensive resource covers all aspects of Verdi's music and his world, including the people he knew and worked with, his compositions, and their reception. Extensive appendices list all of Verdi's known works, both published and unpublished, and the characters in his operas. As a starting point for information on specific works, people, places, and concepts, the Encyclopedia reflects the very latest scholarship, presented by an international array of experts in a manner that will have a broad appeal for opera lovers, students, and scholars.
The Politics of Verdi's Cantica
The Politics of Verdi's Cantica - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Verdi's Cantica write by Roberta Montemorra Marvin. This book was released on 2017-07-05. The Politics of Verdi's Cantica available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Politics of Verdi's Cantica treats a singular case study of the use of music to resist oppression, combat evil, and fight injustice. Cantica, better known as Inno delle nazioni / Hymn of the Nations, commissioned from Italy's foremost composer to represent the newly independent nation at the 1862 London International Exhibition, served as a national voice of pride and of protest for Italy across two centuries and in two very different political situations. The book unpacks, for the first time, the full history of Verdi's composition from its creation, performance, and publication in the 1860s through its appropriation as purposeful social and political commentary and its perception by American broadcast media as a 'weapon of art' in the mid twentieth century. Based on largely untapped primary archival and other documentary sources, journalistic writings, and radio and film scripts, the project discusses the changing meanings of the composition over time. It not only unravels the complex history of the work in the nineteenth century, of greater significance it offers the first fully documented study of the performances, radio broadcast, and filming of the work by the renowned Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini during World War II. In presenting new evidence about ways in which Verdi's music was appropriated by expatriate Italians and the US government for cross-cultural propaganda in America and Italy, it addresses the intertwining of Italian and American culture with regard to art, politics, and history; and investigates the ways in which the press and broadcast media helped construct a musical weapon that traversed ethnic, aesthetic, and temporal boundaries to make a strong political statement.
Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia
Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia write by . This book was released on 2014. Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Cambridge Companion to Verdi
The Cambridge Companion to Verdi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Companion to Verdi write by Scott L. Balthazar. This book was released on 2004-11-18. The Cambridge Companion to Verdi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This Companion provides a biographical, theatrical, and social-cultural background for Verdi's operas, 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. Like others in the series this Companion is aimed primarily at students and opera lovers.
The Life of Verdi
The Life of Verdi - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Life of Verdi write by John Rosselli. This book was released on 2000-08-03. The Life of Verdi available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Relates the life of a boldly innovative composer whose operas still fill theatres today.
