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W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Julian Rushton
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Description for W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni
Paperback. A study of Mozart's Don Giovanni, one of the best known and most often performed opears of the last 200 years. Series Editor(s): Wagner, Richard. Series: Cambridge Opera Handbooks. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations, music, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 240.
This book is a study of Mozart's Don Giovanni, his second opera to a libretto by da Ponte. Although it is one of the handful of best-known and most often performed operas of the last two hundred years, Don Giovanni is seldom given in an authentic form and arguments persist as to its nature. Julian Rushton takes the view that, notwithstanding the tragic nature of certain scenes, it must be regarded as an opera buffa. He gives a brief summary of its history and life in the theatre, but the chief historical essay (by Edward Forman) concerns the subject-matter before ... Read more
This book is a study of Mozart's Don Giovanni, his second opera to a libretto by da Ponte. Although it is one of the handful of best-known and most often performed operas of the last two hundred years, Don Giovanni is seldom given in an authentic form and arguments persist as to its nature. Julian Rushton takes the view that, notwithstanding the tragic nature of certain scenes, it must be regarded as an opera buffa. He gives a brief summary of its history and life in the theatre, but the chief historical essay (by Edward Forman) concerns the subject-matter before ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Opera Handbooks
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521296632
SKU
V9780521296632
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