The Cambridge Companion to Rossini (Cambridge Companions to Music) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521001951 ISBN 13: 9780521001953

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This collection of specially commissioned essays on one of the most influential opera composers is divided into four parts, each exploring an important element of Rossini's work and his world. Chapters by specialists chart the course of Rossini's life and career through analysis of his reception; operatic texts and non-operatic works; and the individual works: Tancredi, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Semiramide, and Guillaume Tell.

About this title

Book Description:

The Cambridge Companion to Rossini is a collection of specially commissioned essays on one of the most influential opera composers in the repertoire. The volume is divided into four parts, each exploring an important element of Rossini, his working practices, and his world: biography and reception; words and music; representative operas; and performance. Accessible chapters, by a team of specialists, chart the course of Rossini's life and career; reception; operatic texts; non-operatic works; and editing. Chapters also centre on individual works: Tancredi, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Semiramide, and Guillaume Tell.

About the Author:

Emanuele Senici is University Lecturer in Music at the University of Oxford and is a Fellow of St Hugh's College. He has published in a number of journals and contributed to the Cambridge Companion to Verdi (2003). He is also co-editor of the Cambridge Opera Journal, 2003.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521001951
• ISBN 13: 9780521001953
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 282
• Editor: Senici Emanuele