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The Operas
Alessandro Scarlatti
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Description for The Operas
Paperback. Num Pages: 276 pages, musical illustration. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 318 x 240 x 21. Weight in Grams: 908.
Donald Jay Grout’s widely praised edition of the work of a key figure in the history of opera provides the most reliable version of the score for each opera, appending a translation of the libretto. These volumes are “at once practical and unquestionably scholarly” in the words of Opera Journal.
A tale of love and honor in the opera seria tradition, Tigrane was first performed at Naples in 1715. This edition of it will please performance groups and music historians alike.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674640344
SKU
V9780674640344
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About Alessandro Scarlatti
Michael Collins is Professor of Music at North Texas State University. Donald Jay Grout is Given Foundation Professor of Musicology, Emeritus, at Cornell University.
Reviews for The Operas
For the study of the history of music, the most important event of the 1970s has been the start of a critical edition of Alessandro Scarlatti’s operas, under the direction of Donald Jay Grout.
Charles Rosen
New York Review of Books
[The edition is] warmly to be welcomed. A major musicological event.
Early Music
The ... Read more
Charles Rosen
New York Review of Books
[The edition is] warmly to be welcomed. A major musicological event.
Early Music
The ... Read more