Author: Burton D. Fisher
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 1930841558
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A comprehensive opera-guide, featuring Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and Burton D. Fisher's insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis.
Giordano's Andrea Chénier
Author: Burton D. Fisher
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 1930841558
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A comprehensive opera-guide, featuring Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and Burton D. Fisher's insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis.
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 1930841558
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
A comprehensive opera-guide, featuring Principal Characters in the Opera, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, and Burton D. Fisher's insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis.
Giordano's Andrea Chénier (Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series)
Giordano's Andrea Chénier
Author: Burton D. Fisher
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 1102009032
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 1102009032
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Opera at Movie Theaters: 2014-2015 Season
Author:
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
A guide to operas simulcast and/or screened by the Met Opera, Royal Opera House, et al, during the 2014-2015 season. Over 17 operas, each including Principal Characters, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples and Burton D. Fisher's insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis.
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
A guide to operas simulcast and/or screened by the Met Opera, Royal Opera House, et al, during the 2014-2015 season. Over 17 operas, each including Principal Characters, Brief Story Synopsis, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples and Burton D. Fisher's insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis.
Puccini's Il Trittico
Author: Burton D. Fisher
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 0977145565
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to Puccini's IL TRITTICO (IL TABARRO, SUOR ANGELICA, GIANNI SCHICCHI), featuring Brief Story Synopsis, Principal Characters, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, a complete, newly translated libretto of each opera with Italian/English translation side-by-side, an in depth and insightful Commentary and Analysis, a Discography, Videography and Dictionary of Opera and Musical terms.
Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 0977145565
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to Puccini's IL TRITTICO (IL TABARRO, SUOR ANGELICA, GIANNI SCHICCHI), featuring Brief Story Synopsis, Principal Characters, Story Narrative with Music Highlight Examples, a complete, newly translated libretto of each opera with Italian/English translation side-by-side, an in depth and insightful Commentary and Analysis, a Discography, Videography and Dictionary of Opera and Musical terms.
The Romance of Tall Ships
Author: Jonathan Eastland
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781850762430
Category : Sailing ships
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781850762430
Category : Sailing ships
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Schubert's Winterreise
Author: Franz Schubert
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299186005
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book/CD package guides readers and listeners on a journey through Franz Schubert's Winterreise song cycle, in which the composer set the poetry of Wilhelm Muller to music. The complete text of the 24 poems is presented in both German and English, with 116 b&w photographs of winter scenes on the facing pages. An introductory essay by Susan Youens (musicology, U. of Notre Dame) offers a critical examination of the song cycle. The music CD features a new recording of Winterreise, performed by baritone Paul Rowe and pianist Martha Fischer. Oversize: 10.25x10.25". Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299186005
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This book/CD package guides readers and listeners on a journey through Franz Schubert's Winterreise song cycle, in which the composer set the poetry of Wilhelm Muller to music. The complete text of the 24 poems is presented in both German and English, with 116 b&w photographs of winter scenes on the facing pages. An introductory essay by Susan Youens (musicology, U. of Notre Dame) offers a critical examination of the song cycle. The music CD features a new recording of Winterreise, performed by baritone Paul Rowe and pianist Martha Fischer. Oversize: 10.25x10.25". Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
A Guide to 20th-century Composers
Author: Mark Morris
Publisher: London : Methuen
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Geographically arranged, with the composers listed alphabetically. Covers music composed since 1918. 960 p.
Publisher: London : Methuen
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Geographically arranged, with the composers listed alphabetically. Covers music composed since 1918. 960 p.
Canfield Guide to Classical Recordings
Tosca
Author: Giacomo Puccini
Publisher: Alma Books
ISBN: 0714544787
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Tosca, one of Puccini's greatest and most popular operas, is a supreme example of music's power to enthral the audience. In his introductory essay to this guide, Bernard Williams discusses the enduring quality of its appeal. Bernard Keeffe, in his article, analyses different aspects of the score, noting Puccini's special genius for orchestration and the subtle effects that give the opera its irresistible vitality, while Stuart Woolf's survey of the historical background reveals its political and nationalistic undertones.Enriched by twenty-five archive photographs, a detailed thematic analysis, the original libretto with the facing literal translation and a section containing up-to-date discographical and bibliographical information, this guide will prove an invaluable companion for opera-goers and anyone wanting to delve deeper into the genesis, history and significance of Puccini's work.Contains:Manifest Artifice, Bernard WilliamsThe Music of Puccini's Tosca, Bernard KeeffeHistorical Perspectives on Tosca, Stuart WoolfTosca: Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after the play La Tosca by Victorien SardouTosca: English translation by EMI Classics
Publisher: Alma Books
ISBN: 0714544787
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Tosca, one of Puccini's greatest and most popular operas, is a supreme example of music's power to enthral the audience. In his introductory essay to this guide, Bernard Williams discusses the enduring quality of its appeal. Bernard Keeffe, in his article, analyses different aspects of the score, noting Puccini's special genius for orchestration and the subtle effects that give the opera its irresistible vitality, while Stuart Woolf's survey of the historical background reveals its political and nationalistic undertones.Enriched by twenty-five archive photographs, a detailed thematic analysis, the original libretto with the facing literal translation and a section containing up-to-date discographical and bibliographical information, this guide will prove an invaluable companion for opera-goers and anyone wanting to delve deeper into the genesis, history and significance of Puccini's work.Contains:Manifest Artifice, Bernard WilliamsThe Music of Puccini's Tosca, Bernard KeeffeHistorical Perspectives on Tosca, Stuart WoolfTosca: Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica after the play La Tosca by Victorien SardouTosca: English translation by EMI Classics