Puccini and His Operas (Composers & Their Operas)

Puccini and His Operas (Composers & Their Operas)

by StanleySadie (Editor), StanleySadie (Editor)

Synopsis

Derived from the New Grove Dictionary of Opera , this work brings together the stories of the lives and careers of Puccini, Alfano, Catalani, Cilea, Franchetti, Giordano, Leoncavallo, Mascagni and Zandonai, and synopses and authoritative appreciations of all their major operas. Also covered are the principal librettists and singers of the time.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Publisher: Grove,U.S.
Published: 31 Aug 1999

ISBN 10: 0333790227
ISBN 13: 9780333790229

Author Bio
STANLEY SADIE edited The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980) and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), both of which are the standard international reference works. From 1967 to 1987 he was editor of The Musical Times, the most senior musical journal of its kind, and for seventeen years was a music critic for the London Times. He was President of the International Musicological Society from 1972 to 1997.