Music in the Theater : : Essays on Verdi and Other Composers / / Pierluigi Petrobelli.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Petrobelli, Pierluigi,
• TeilnehmendeR: Parker, Roger.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1994
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Studies in Opera ; 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (204 p.) :; 12 halftones, 65 music exs.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; A NOTE ON ITALIAN PROSODY --; Introduction --; CHAPTER 1. FROM ROSSINI'S MOSÉ TO VERDI ' S NABUCCO --; CHAPTER 2. VERDI AND DON GIOVANNI: ON THE OPENING SCENE OF RIGOLETTO --; CHAPTER 3. REMARKS ON VERDI'S COMPOSING PROCESS --; CHAPTER 4. THOUGHTS FOR ALZIRA --; CHAPTER 5. TOWARD AN EXPLANATION OF THE DRAMATIC STRUCTURE OF IL TROVATORE --; CHAPTER 6. MUSIC IN THE THEATER (APROPOS OF AIDA, ACT III) --; CHAPTER 7. MORE ON THE THREE "SYSTEMS": THE FIRST ACT OF "LA FORZA DEL DESTINO" --; CHAPTER 8. VERDI' S MUSICAL THOUGHT: AN EXAMPLE FROM MACBETH --; CHAPTER 9. THE MUSICO-DRAMATIC CONCEPTION OF GLUCK'S ALCESTE (1767) --; CHAPTER 10. NOTES ON BELLINI'S POETICS: APROPOS OF "I PURITANI" --; CHAPTER 11. BELLINI AND PAISIELLO: FURTHER DOCUMENTS ON THE BIRTH OF "I PURITANI"
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400863778; 9783110413441; 9783110413502; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400863778
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Pierluigi Petrobelli.

Well-known for leading audiences to a new appreciation of Verdi as a subtle and elaborate musical thinker, Pierluigi Petrobelli here turns his attention to the intriguing question of how musical theater works. In this collection of lively, penetrating essays, Petrobelli analyzes specific operas, mainly by Verdi, in terms of historical context, musical organization, and dramaturgical conventions.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.