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Puccini and the Girl
Annie J. Randall
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Description for Puccini and the Girl
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 33 halftoens, 4 line drawings, 25 musical examples, 12 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC9; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Set in the American West during the California Gold Rush, La fanciulla del West marked a significant departure from Giacomo Puccini's previous and best- known works. Puccini and the Girl is the first book to explore this important but often misunderstood opera that became the earliest work by a major European composer to receive an American premiere when it opened at New York's Metropolitan Opera House in 1910.
Adapted from American playwright David Belasco's Broadway production, The Girl of the Golden West, Fanciulla was Puccini's most consciously modern work, and its Met debut received mixed reviews. Annie J. Randall ... Read more
Set in the American West during the California Gold Rush, La fanciulla del West marked a significant departure from Giacomo Puccini's previous and best- known works. Puccini and the Girl is the first book to explore this important but often misunderstood opera that became the earliest work by a major European composer to receive an American premiere when it opened at New York's Metropolitan Opera House in 1910.
Adapted from American playwright David Belasco's Broadway production, The Girl of the Golden West, Fanciulla was Puccini's most consciously modern work, and its Met debut received mixed reviews. Annie J. Randall ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226703909
SKU
V9780226703909
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