Verdi's Theater: Creating Drama Through Music

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In this innovative study, Gilles de Van focuses on an often neglected aspect of Verdi's operas: their effectiveness as theater. De Van argues that two main aesthetic conceptions underlie all of Verdi's works: that of the "melodrama" and the "musical drama." In the melodrama the composer relies mainly on dramatic intensity and the rhythm linking various stages of the plot, using exemplary characters and situations. But in the musical drama reality...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226143708

ISBN13:9780226143705

Release Date:September 1998

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:434 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Arts, Music & Photography Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Music Performing Arts

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