Rossini in restoration Paris : the sound of modern life / Benjamin Walton.
Rossini in restoration Paris : the sound of modern life / Benjamin Walton.
Rossini in restoration Paris : the sound of modern life / Benjamin Walton.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2007.
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N780.92/266
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English
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xv, 349 p. : ill.
Contents
Introduction : Music in the present tense -- 1824. Deciphering hyperbole : Stendhal's Vie de Rossini -- 1825. 'Quelque peu theatral' : the operatic coronation of Charles X -- 1826. 'Les Grecs sont français' : musical philhellenism in Paris -- 1827. Dying for music : Rossini and Moïse -- 1828. The...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2007.
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England
Date Published
c2007.
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"When Gioachino Rossini moved to Paris in 1824, he was the most celebrated composer in Europe. But why was he so famous, and how did his musical style resonate with its time so well? In this ground-breaking study, Benjamin Walton argues that the operas Rossini produced and adapted for Paris overwhelmed audiences with their musical power, but also r...
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Rossini in restoration Paris : the sound of modern life / Benjamin Walton.
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Cambridge studies in opera.
Cambridge studies in opera.
Includes bibliographical references.
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c2007.
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N780.92/266
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74VK3gN22BWy
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0521870607 (hbk.) :
9780521870603 (hbk.) :
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780.92
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991023827699702626
