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The Cathedral of Music: The Archivo Storico Ricordi
Caroline Luderssen
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Description for The Cathedral of Music: The Archivo Storico Ricordi
Hardback. This illustrated survey celebrates the panoramic holdings and colorful history of the Archivio Storico Ricordi, one of the world's most important musical archives. Editor(s): Bertelsmann SE&Co. KGaA; Archivo Storico Ricordi. Num Pages: 224 pages, 280 colour pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; AVGC9; AVQ; GLMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 216. .
This comprehensive and captivating book follows the evolution of Milan's Ricordi archive, from its founding in 1808 by publisher Giovanni Ricordi to its present-day holdings of thousands of scores, letters, libretti, sketches of opera scenery and costume design, photographs, and Art Nouveau and Art Deco posters. In addition, the original manuscripts of nearly all of the operas written by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and Paganini are preserved inside its hallowed vaults. The book contains an overview of the archive's entire collection whilst also examining rare autographs, the often-unacknowledged significance of the libretto, and the phenomenon of Italian opera and ... Read more
This comprehensive and captivating book follows the evolution of Milan's Ricordi archive, from its founding in 1808 by publisher Giovanni Ricordi to its present-day holdings of thousands of scores, letters, libretti, sketches of opera scenery and costume design, photographs, and Art Nouveau and Art Deco posters. In addition, the original manuscripts of nearly all of the operas written by Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and Paganini are preserved inside its hallowed vaults. The book contains an overview of the archive's entire collection whilst also examining rare autographs, the often-unacknowledged significance of the libretto, and the phenomenon of Italian opera and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Munich, Germany
ISBN
9783791356235
SKU
V9783791356235
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Ref
99-15
About Caroline Luderssen
CAROLINE LU DERSSEN studied English and Italian Literature and Musicology. A staff member at Frankfurt University, she also teaches at the Universities of Mannheim and Lu neburg. She is President of the German-Italian Association in Frankfurt and editor-in-chief of Italienisch, the academic journal of Italian Language and Literature, published by Narr, Tubingen.
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