ISBN: 9780511275982

Opera, Nationalism, and Modernity A detailed investigation of the reception and cultural contexts of Puccini&apos s music, this book offers a fresh view of this historically important but… More...

Opera, Nationalism, and Modernity A detailed investigation of the reception and cultural contexts of Puccini&apos s music, this book offers a fresh view of this historically important but frequently overlooked composer. Wilson&apos s study explores the ways in which Puccini&apos 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 that were debated throughout Puccini&apos s career: his status as a national or international composer, and his status as a traditionalist or modernist. In addition, Wilson examines how Puccini&apos 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. Puccini Problem: A detailed investigation of the reception and cultural contexts of Puccini&apos s music, this book offers a fresh view of this historically important but frequently overlooked composer. Wilson&apos s study explores the ways in which Puccini&apos 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 that were debated throughout Puccini&apos s career: his status as a national or international composer, and his status as a traditionalist or modernist. In addition, Wilson examines how Puccini&apos 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., Cambridge University Press<

ISBN: 9780511275982

A study of the reception and contexts of Puccini's music.; PDF \ Wendy Heller; Music, Stage & Screen > Music > Music: styles & genres > Western "classical" music > Opera, University of Ca… More...

A study of the reception and contexts of Puccini's music.; PDF \ Wendy Heller; Music, Stage & Screen > Music > Music: styles & genres > Western "classical" music > Opera, University of California Press<

ISBN: 9780511275982

A study of the reception and contexts of Puccini's music.; PDF; Music, Stage & Screen > Music > Music: styles & genres > Western "classical" music > Opera, Cambridge University Press

2007, ISBN: 9780511275982

Opera, Nationalism, and Modernity, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, [PU: Cambridge University Press], [ED: 1], Cambridge University Press, 2007

2007, ISBN: 9780511275982

Opera, Nationalism, and Modernity, [ED: 1], Auflage, eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: Cambridge University Press]