(Download free pdf) The Birth of an Opera: Fifteen Masterpieces from Poppea to Wozzeck
✿ Michael Rose ✿
| #1442077 in Books | W. W. Norton Company | 2013-03-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.60 x1.50 x6.50l,1.67 | File Name: 0393060438 | 464 pages |
||11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.| Unusual approach to history of opera|By Robin E Hooper|An entertaining and scholarly book which situates each opera in the musical world of its time, mainly through examining the correspondence, diaries and interactions of the people involved in its creation. These of course are primarily the composer and librettist, but there are also interesting glimpses of other notable f|From Booklist|Rose’s preeminently browsable book revives a concept first essayed in a series of BBC broadcasts. Each piece in the book follows a classic opera from inspiration to opening night (in the case
The Birth of an Opera offers illuminating insight into how operas are written and the personalities, incidents, and musical circumstances that have shaped their composition.
Through a deft compilation of primary sources―letters, memoirs, and personal accounts from composers, librettists, and performers―Michael Rose re-creates for his readers the circumstances that gave rise to fifteen operatic milestones. From Monteverdi and Mozart t... [PDF.ch44] The Birth of an Opera: Fifteen Masterpieces from Poppea to Wozzeck Rating: 4.68 (475 Votes)
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