This Companion provides a biographical, theatrical, and
social-cultural background for Verdi''s music, examines in detail
important general aspects of its style and method of composing, and
synthesizes stylistic themes in discussions of representative
works. Aspects of Verdi''s milieu, style, creative process, and
critical reception are explored in essays by highly reputed
specialists. Individual chapters address themes in Verdi''s life,
his role in transforming the theater business, and his relationship
to Italian Romanticism and the Risorgimento. Chapters on four
operas representative of the different stages of Verdi''s career,
Ernani, Rigoletto, Don Carlos, and Otello synthesize analytical
themes introduced in the more general chapters and illustrate the
richness of Verdi''s creativity. The Companion also includes
chapters on Verdi''s non-operatic songs and other music, his
creative process, and scholarly writing about Verdi from the
nineteenth-century to the present day.
目錄：
List of figures and table page
List of examples
Notes on contributors
Preface
Chronology
Part I Personal, cultural, and political context
1 Verdi’s life: a thematic biography Mary Jane
Phillips-Matz
2 The Italian theatre of Verdi’s day Alessandro
Roccatagliati
3 Verdi, Italian Romanticism, and the Risorgimento Mary Ann
Smart
Part II The style of Verdi’s operas and non-operatic works
4 The forms of set pieces Scott L. Balthazar
5 New currents in the libretto Fabrizio Della Seta
6 Words and music Emanuele Senici
7 French influences Andreas Giger
8 Structural coherence Steven Huebner
9 Instrumental music in Verdi’s operas David Kimbell
10 Verdi’s non-operatic works Roberta Montemorra
Marvin
Part III Representative operas
11 Ernani: the tenor in crisis Rosa Solinas
12 “Ch’hai di nuovo, buffon?” or What’s new with Rigoletto
Cormac Newark
13 Verdi’s Don Carlos: an overview of the operas Harold
Powers
14 Desdemona’s alienation and Otello’s fall Scott L.
Balthazar
Part IV Creation and critical reception
15 An introduction to Verdi’s working methods Luke
Jensen
16 Verdi criticism Gregory W. Harwood
Notes
List of Verdi’s works
Select bibliography and works cited
Index
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