商品簡介
Experiencing Verdi A Listener's Companion combines biography with simple, concise musical analysis. Summarizing the evolution of Italian opera and the bel canto tradition that prevailed at the beginning of Verdi's career, author Donald Sanders takes readers on a leisurely tour of eleven of Verdi's most important operas and of the Manzoni Requiem and concludes with a look at Verdi's influence on later composers like Giacomo Puccini, his place in the modern repertoire, and his role as an Italian patriot.
作者簡介
Donald Sanders is Professor of Music at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He has published articles on Italian music of several genres and periods. He is a contributor to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and the author of Music at the Gonzaga Court in Mantua.
