Divas and scholars [electronic resource] : performing Italian opera / Philip Gossett.

By:

Gossett, Philip

Contributor(s):

ebrary, Inc

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TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: xxii, 675 p. : musicSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

782.10945 22

LOC classification:

ML1700 .G7397 2006eb

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Contents:

Prologue. Mare o monti : two summer festivals -- Knowing the score. Setting the stage ; Transmission versus tradition ; Scandal and scholarship ; The romance of the critical edition -- Intermezzo. Scholars and performers : the case of Semiramide -- Performing the opera. Choosing a version ; Serafin's scissors ; Ornamenting Rossini ; Higher and lower : transposing Bellini and Donizetti ; Words and music : texts and translations ; Instruments old and new ; From the score to the stage -- Coda. Two kings head North : transforming Italian opera in Scandinavia.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [621]-642) and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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