Description |
1 online resource (xv, 206 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Cambridge studies in opera |
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Cambridge studies in opera.
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Contents |
Illustrations; Music examples; Translator's note; Prelude; The modernity of Verdi; The real and the imaginary; Acknowledgements; 1 Verdi and the Parisian boulevard theatre; Verdi in Paris; Le Chiffonnier de Paris; Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge; Monte-Cristo; Robert Macaire; Le Pasteur ou L'Évangile et le foyer; 2 Images and sounds in waltz (and polka) time; The lady of the camellias; The waltz; The polka; 'A vaguely ""Spanish"" character'; The lorette; The camellia; Interferences and condensations; 3 Motifs of reminiscence and musical dramaturgy; The 'fatted ox' |
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La Dame aux camélias at the VaudevilleAct 1; The rest of the play; Other musical deaths; Cross-pollinations, actualisations, backdating; System variants; Violetta's body and her 'musical gestures'; Coda; 'Oom, oom-pah-pah-oom'; Musicology and ethnomusicology; Bibliography; PRIMARY SOURCES; Archival manuscript materials; Published scores; Reviews, short articles and news reports; Literary sources (before 1900); Secondary sources; Index |
Summary |
Emilio Sala uses rare documents and images to re-examine Verdi's La traviata in the cultural context of mid-nineteenth-century Paris |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 -- Travel -- France -- Paris
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SUBJECT |
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 fast |
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Traviata. gnd |
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Traviata (Verdi, Giuseppe) fast |
Subject |
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Opera.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Opera & Classical Scores.
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Paris (France) in opera
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Travel
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Paris.
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Oper
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SUBJECT |
Paris (France) -- In opera.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012004292
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Subject |
France -- Paris
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Casadei, Delia, translator.
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LC no. |
2012043981 |
ISBN |
9781107249936 |
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1107249937 |
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9780511920615 |
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051192061X |
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9781299772588 |
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1299772587 |
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9781107247444 |
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1107247446 |
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1107009014 |
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9781107009011 |
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