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Author:
Gossett, Philip.
Title:
Divas and scholars : performing Italian opera / Philip Gossett.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
xxii, 675 p. : music ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Opera.
Opera--Production and direction.
Opera--Performance.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [621]-642) and indexes.
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.
ISBN:
9780226304823
9780226304823 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226304825 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)62282070
LCCN:
2005032151
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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