Description: In this classic biography of composer Giuseppe Verdi, Frank Walker reveals Verdi the man through his connections with the individuals who knew him best.“Walker focuses on some of the more significant people in Verdi’s life and carefully scrutinizes his relationships with them. His wife, Giuseppina Strepponi; his student and amanuensis, Emanuele Muzio; the conductor who first fully understood Verdi’s mature art, Angelo Mariani; the great prima donna, Teresa Stolz; the incomparable librettist and friend of his old age, Arrigo Boito—each passes before our eyes in Walker’s meticulous reconstruction. As we learn more about them, we learn more about Verdi. We see him through the eyes of his closest friends, we watch his daily activities, his daily thoughts, his habits, his warmth, his domestic tyranny. The myth dissolves and a human being stands before us.”—Philip Gossett, from the introduction
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Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: Man Verdi
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.1in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Frank Walker
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Reprint
Topic: Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Opera, Individual Composer & Musician
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Music
Item Weight: 27.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 544 Pages