An illustrated overview of development of opera from the later 1500's in Italiy to Opera in the New World.
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G088225118XI3N00
Seller: Wabash Museum Books, Mount Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 192 pages with Backstage at the Opera; A Chronology of Opera; Selecter Bibliograpyh; Picture Credits; and Index in rear of book. Pages tight; heavy stock paper; Usual ex-library markings; End pages and small portion of page edges have black markings. string binding; Light brown leather cover with slight shelf wear; Glossy dust jacket with white lettering on front cover and spine; Colorful Opera scene on front cover. some shelf wear. Scotch tape on inner dust jacket tiny tears. Chapter headings include: The Italian Connection; Opera Goes Public; Reform Movement; The Operatic Mozart; Opera becomes Grand; Verdi; The Voice of Italy; Wagner and the Wagneriens; Realists and Romantics; A Particular Accent; Opera in the New World; and Epilogue: The Lively Corpse. Author traces the history of opera from the late 1500's , France, Germany, England, etc. It shares the gifts of Mozart, Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Meyerbeer; Berlioz; Gounod, Puccini; Verdi, Wagner and today's composers. Book contains over 160 illusrations-more than one third in full color. Excerps from writings by famous operatic personalities. Opera is a volume in Newsweek Books' new series World of Culture. Seller Inventory # S24-B90-7346
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover wit. Condition: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDMusicGood Hardcover with dust jacket, gift inscription, Minor creases to dust jacket, clean pages, prompt shipping with tracking. Seller Inventory # whiteRR13JM474