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The Puccini Companion

Paperback • 1994 • English

The Puccini Companion

By William Weaver, Simonetta Puccini

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About the book

What forces helped shape the output of this high-living, often arrogant, but immensely talented composer? This fascinating collection includes Simonetta Puccini's essay full of intimate details about her family, as well as writings by experts on the racist politics behind the creation of Madama Butterfly; Puccini's fascination with American culture as exemplified in Fanciulla del West; his grappling with twentieth-century musical practices in Trittico and Turandot; and the changes that early rec...Show more

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9780393320527

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published year

1994

Language

English

Original title

The Puccini Companion

Format

Paperback

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