Verdi and the French aesthetic : verse, stanza, and melody in nineteenth-century opera / / Andreas Giger.

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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:x, 294 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Versification and melodic aesthetics. Rhythm and stanza in French and Italian librettos ; French and Italian melodic aesthetics and practice ca. 1830-1870 ; Episode: Design, middleground rhythm, and phrase
  • French melody in Verdi's operas. Jerusalem and its influence on the subsequent Italian operas ; Les Vepres siciliennes and its influence on the subsequent Italian operas ; Don Carlos and after.