Verdi / by Dyneley Hussey.

Author/creator Hussey, Dyneley
Format Book
EditionRevised edition.
Publication InfoLondon : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1948.
Descriptionxii, 355 pages : frontispiece, illustrations, music, plates, portraits, facsimiles (music) ; 19 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe master musicians. New series edited by Eric Blom
Master musicians series. New series. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Preface -- Childhood -- A happy interlude and a tragedy -- Early influences -- 'I Lombardi' and 'Ernani' -- Growing maturity -- A home and a domestic opera -- Three masterpieces -- A Parisian opera -- 'Simon Boccanegra' -- Tragical-historical -- The Force of Destiny [Forza del Destino] -- 'Don Carlo' [Carlos] -- The making of 'Aida' -- The Manzoni Requiem -- Intermezzo -- 'Otello' -- 'Falstaff' -- Final chapter -- Appendices. A. Calendar ; B. Catalogue of works ; C. Personalia ; D. Delfico (with a note on the illustrations) and Waldmann -- E. Bibliography.
General noteFirst published 1940.
General note"Catalogue of works": pages 337-338.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 346-347) and index.

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