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Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) Is The World's Most Frequently Performed Operatic Composer, Yet He Is Only Beginning To Receive Serious Scholarly Attention. In Giacomo Puccini And His World, An International Roster Of Music Specialists, Several Writing On Puccini For The First Time, Offers A Variety Of New Critical Perspectives On The Composer And His Works. Containing Discussions Of All Of Puccini’s Operas From Manon Lescaut (1893) To Turandot (1926), This Volume Aims To Move Beyond Clichés Of The Composer As A Romantic Epigone And To Resituate Him At The Heart Of Early Twentieth-century Musical Modernity. This Collection’s Essays Explore Puccini’s Engagement With Spoken Theater And Operetta, And With New Technologies Like Photography And Cinema. Other Essays Consider The Philosophical Problems Raised By Realist Opera, Discuss The Composer’s Place In A Variety Of Cosmopolitan Formations, And Reevaluate Puccini’s Orientalism And His Complex Interactions With The Italian Fascist State. A Rich Array Of Primary Source Material, Including Previously Unpublished Letters And Documents, Provides Vital Information On Puccini’s Interactions With Singers, Conductors, And Stage Directors, And On

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Author

Puccini, Giacomo; Schwartz, Arman; Senici, Emanuele

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400884063

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Music, Biography