Giacomo Puccini - A Guide to Research

Zusatztext "[M]ost useful for researchers seeking information of high quality about particular compositions! points of biography! catalogs of works! editions! etc." -- Choice Informationen zum Autor Linda B. Fairtile Klappentext Scholarly recognition of Giacomo Puccini's achievements as a musical dramatist has been growing steadily for more than 75 years. This useful volume surveys and evaluates close to 700 books and articles about the composer, written in English, Italian, German, French and Spanish. Additional features include an essay on the evolution of Puccini studies, an annotated discography/videography, a guide to manuscript materials, and a list of organizations devoted to Puccini. This useful volume surveys and evaluates close to 700 books and articles about the composer, written in English, Italian, German, French and Spanish. Additional features include an essay on the evolution of Puccini studies, an annotated discography/videography, a guide to manuscript materials, and a list of organizations devoted to Puccini. Zusammenfassung This work is part of a series which presents information of composers. Each volume offers annotated lists of all writings in major languages plus lists of works by the composers, biographical sketches and guides to library resources, organizations and specialists. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Chronology of Puccini’s Life and Works; Work List; Puccini Studies, 1884–1997; Chapter I Surveys of Life and Works; Chapter II Biographies; Chapter III Letters; Chapter IV Reference Materials; Chapter V Editions and Related Studies; Chapter VI Individual Works; Chapter VII Compositional Style and Method; Chapter VIII Drama and Text; Chapter IX Criticism and Reception Studies; Chapter X Collective Volumes; Chapter XI Doctoral Dissertations on Puccinian Subjects;

Product details

• Authors: Linda B. Fairtile, Fairtile Linda B.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.1998
• EAN: 9780815320333
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-2033-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Routledge Music Bibliographies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Reference, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Reference works, Romanticism, Composers and songwriters, Romantic Music (C 1830 To C 1900), Art music, orchestral and formal music