| Il Trovatore: Dramma in Four Parts by Salvadore Cammarano Volume 18 Contributor(s): Verdi, Giuseppe (Author), Lawton, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226853136 ISBN-13: 9780226853130 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $593.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1993 Annotation: "Il trovatore", the middle opera of Verdi's famous "trilogy" of the 1850s (with "Rigoletto" and "La traviata"), is the sixth work to be published in "The Works of Giuseppe Verdi". Based on Verdi's autograph score and an examination of important secondary sources including contemporary manuscript copies and performing parts, the edition identifies and resolves numerous ambiguities of harmony, melodic detail, text, and phrasing that have marred previous scores. Scholars and performers alike will find a wealth of information in the critical apparatus to inform their research and interpretations. The lengthy introduction to the score discusses the work's genesis, sources, and performance history as well as issues of instrumental and vocal performance practice, production and staging, and problems of notation. As an added feature of the introduction is an original study by Carlos Matteo Mossa of the creation of the libretto, based on the original draft and numerous other autograph documents. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Printed Music - Opera & Classical Scores - Music | Genres & Styles - Opera |
| Dewey: 782.1 |
| LCCN: 92027900 |
| Series: Works of Giuseppe Verdi, Series I: Operas |
| Physical Information: 2.62" H x 11.18" W x 17.33" (10.10 lbs) 597 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Il trovatore, the middle opera of Verdi's famous trilogy of the 1850s (with Rigoletto and La traviata), is the sixth work to be published in The Works of Giuseppe Verdi. Based on Verdi's autograph score and an examination of important secondary sources including contemporary manuscript copies and performing parts, the edition identifies and resolves numerous ambiguities of harmony, melodic detail, text, and phrasing that have marred previous scores. Scholars and performers alike will find a wealth of information in the critical apparatus to inform their research and interpretations. The lengthy introduction to the score discusses the work's genesis, sources, and performance history as well as issues of instrumental and vocal performance practice, production and staging, and problems of notation. As an added feature of the introduction is an original study by Carlos Matteo Mossa of the creation of the libretto, based on the original draft and numerous other autograph documents. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lawton, David: - David Lawton is professor of music at Stony Brook University, where he serves as artistic director and principal conductor of the opera program and teaches music history. For the Works of Giuseppe Verdi, he has also edited Macbeth. |