The Puccini problem opera, nationalism and modernity
The first detailed investigation of the reception and cultural contexts of Puccini's music, this book offers a fresh view of this historically important but frequently overlooked composer. Wilson's study explores the ways in which Puccini's music and persona were held up as both the a...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge u.a.
Cambridge University Press
2007
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schriftenreihe: | Cambridge studies in opera
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Puccini, Giacomo <1858-1924> - Critique et interprétation
> Puccini, Giacomo
> Criticism and interpretation
> Geschichte 1900-2000
> Geschichte 1800-1900
> Geschichte 1880-1925
> Musique - Aspect social - Italie
> Opéra - Italie - 19e siècle
> Opéra - Italie - 20e siècle
> Gesellschaft
> Musik
> Opera
> Music
> Social aspects
> Oper
> Italien
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The first detailed investigation of the reception and cultural contexts of Puccini's music, this book offers a fresh view of this historically important but frequently overlooked composer. Wilson's study explores the ways in which Puccini's music and persona were held up as both the antidote to and the embodiment of the decadence widely felt to be afflicting late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Italy, a nation which although politically unified remained culturally divided. The book focuses upon two central, related questions which were debated throughout Puccini's career: his status as a national or international composer, and his status as a traditionalist or modernist. In addition, Wilson examines how Puccini's operas became caught up in a wide range of extra-musical controversies concerning such issues as gender and class. This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of both the history of opera and of the wider artistic and intellectual life of turn-of-the-century Italy.--Publisher's description. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 321 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780521856881 978-0-521-85688-1 0521856884 0-521-85688-4 |